For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Romans 5:6-11 ESV)
Rarely will someone do something for someone else even when they deserve it. We go out of our way in our humanness to not give to the one in need, to look out for ourselves first. We set up rules and regulations for people to come and join us in fellowship with God. We want change, but we really don’t. We only want change if it looks like us, smells like us, and feels exactly like us. When we invite people into our fellowships what we are really saying is, you are welcome to come here as long as you start to act like us and not expect us to do anything differently You have to become one of us. God was not and is not the Borg. Assimilation is not the point. We are not all suppose to be alike. We are suppose to be a part of a collective that is the body of Christ.
You see the most interesting thing I find from this is we expect people to change from their sinful lives and follow our rules to be a part of our fellowship. But the thing is, God did not expect us to change, He knew only He could bring the change, and it was not something that happened first, it was a slow process like a tree growing. He came to us and bridged the gap and while we were still in need of lots of change, He died so that we could be changed, by Him.
So I want change, and not the kind you get from a transaction of a monetary sort, I want change that makes society look and wonder what has happened. I want change that I can not do on my own or bring about on my own. Let us truly give it over to God and allow the change to come…
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