Okay, so, many of y’all think, “G-d made a covenant and how He has to hold his nose around me and tolerate me, wicked, bastard, poor, old, miserable, sinner-barely-saved-by-grace that I am.”
Um, no.
Not just no. Hell no.
Not even close, friend.
Nowhere near reality.
That is a supreme walking in denial of your identity, follower of Yeshua.
Read Exodus 34:10:
And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.”
HELLO!
This is one of G-d’s names right here. Let me spell it out, and do not be stooopid.
He is the G-d who does awesome things WITH us.
In other words, He is the G-d who Partners with us.
He identifies Himself in relationship to his covenant with us. There are, by my count in this verse, three names of G-d. I am focusing on ONE.
The L-rd Who WILL Do Awesome Things With You.
In other words, The L-rd Who Will Partner With You.
Why?
Not because He has to, gang…
He has a free will and a free choice in the matter.
What is the will of G-d, some of y’all ask?
“He is so holy that He cannot look on sin! WHAAAAA {make crying and whining expression}!”
Blah blah blah
Look. Is He not capable of solving the problem of our sin well enough that He can tolerate to be in our presence.
Yeah.
Which means, when we are forgiven, what happens to our sin?
“As far as the east is fromthe west, so far does He remove our transgressions.”
Get over the inabilty of G-d to handle your sinful estate. You no longer make your residence in sin. Rather, son of The King, Bride of Christ, your home is with Him. Therefore, you are a new creation.
Hmmmm…quit your whining and enjoy the fact that G-d chooses to identify Himself by His DESIRE TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
The only question you have to answer is, “will you partner with Him?”
He is not impressed with your sin. He took care of it.
Quit being so impressed with your ability to be separated from Him by your sin.
Um, it is His choice, and He is choosing to partner with you and He already forgave you, you repented (unless you didn’t, in which case you should repent), and He came into your heart.
He does not partner with us because He has to tolerate us.
He partners with us first, because He wants to, and second, because we are part of His mission to those who do not know Him.
Thank you. This is beautiful. How empowering. Praise God!
See “agape.”
See “redeemed.”
See “reconciled.”
See “grace.”
The pattern of the restoration of Jubilee
All the way round. On-point.
I think we fail to pair the fact that His Mercy, Grace, and Holiness all function infinitely and so we fail to temper one with the others.