Monday, July 28, 2014

Hopeless?

Look around. Look at the world. Look at everyone in it, and think. Can it possibly be true that God is going to save everyone? I mean, look at it! Look at the murderers, the drunkards, the prostitutes, the terrorists, look at Hitler, 9/11/2001, look at Vegas and Reno, look at the Middle East, at Pakistan and Israel, look at the White House, Obama, child molesters, the mafia, the hypocrites and the self-righteous. Look at all of the hatred. All of the envy and all of the greed. Look at the persecution from one belief system to another, from one sexual orientation to another, from one skin color to another. Look how corrupt and evil mankind is!

How on Earth can God save every single one of us wretched creatures. How is that even possible! 

I have an idea on how He can save every person that has ever lived. But, why? Why would God save everyone? I mean, look at the horrific things we do to each other. We mock God daily and yet He still plans to save us?

The answer to how God will save all, is the same answer to why God will save all. 

God will save all because He loves us. Now, I don't mean to say that God loves us in the way that we love cake and video games. I mean that God loves us more than we could ever even fathom. Those of you with children, think of how much you love your kids. Now realize, that God loves even Hitler, far more than you love your children... God will save everyone because He loves everyone.

God will also be able to save everyone because of His love. When each individual that wasn't granted faith in this life sees their Savior at The Great White Throne, what is going to be going through their head? They will be ashamed of how ignorant they were and how foolishly they behaved. They will be terrified of what is going to happen to them. But after they are judged, they will learn that even after all they had done. God still loved them. God still sent His Son to die for them, and Christ DID NOT FAIL! They will learn that God's love for them was greater than their hatred for God. They will learn that grace truly does super-abound. And after they awaken from the second death, they will be with God at the Consummation. They will remember what God had done for them despite their disobedience. They will be so consumed by His love and grace, that they will be praising God louder than most. Their loyalty will never again have to be questioned, because they will be transformed by God's love. Because our God is a consuming fire.

See, God likes to take something impossible, and then make it a reality. Walking around in a circle, blowing horns was His big idea on taking down the walls of Jericho? But it worked. Leading Moses and the Hebrew people to the sea with no way out? What happened? Taking someone that is insane, crying and strapped to a bed and giving him life and purpose again.... Christ gave Himself a ransom for all mankind, to be testified in due time. This may seem like a big boulder to move, but remember, all rocks eventually become sand. And sand will move with the slightest breeze.

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