03 Sep '08 17:34>
This is a test of your heart to see where you are at. It's aimed especially at the ToOne's and Rajk's of this forum.
Don't think too much about this or it won't work . It's a test of your spontaneous reactions....
Imagine you have arrived in heaven having lived a life of truth and compassion and you find when you get there that Hitler is up there glorified and transformed by the grace and love of God.
What do you feel and think?
a) If you understand the glory of the Gospel and the grace and love of God you will rejoice and be glad that another sinner has made it and is saved.
b) If your first thought is "what's he doing 'ere , the b'strd when I struggled to live a life of love and he gets the same as me!!!!"
If you are inclining towards b) then you do not understand the utterly radical and OFFENSIVE nature of God's love and grace and you have underestimated the depths of his forgiveness. You also have not understood that the parable of the talents was aimed at you.
Don't think too much about this or it won't work . It's a test of your spontaneous reactions....
Imagine you have arrived in heaven having lived a life of truth and compassion and you find when you get there that Hitler is up there glorified and transformed by the grace and love of God.
What do you feel and think?
a) If you understand the glory of the Gospel and the grace and love of God you will rejoice and be glad that another sinner has made it and is saved.
b) If your first thought is "what's he doing 'ere , the b'strd when I struggled to live a life of love and he gets the same as me!!!!"
If you are inclining towards b) then you do not understand the utterly radical and OFFENSIVE nature of God's love and grace and you have underestimated the depths of his forgiveness. You also have not understood that the parable of the talents was aimed at you.