He's painted as some kind of "cosmic killjoy" but that is far from the case.He's not looking for reasons to send me to Hell. He died so I wouldn't have to and rose from the dead so that no one has to go there unless they CHOOSE to.
In the late seventies and early eighties, an incredible song writer named Keith Green wrote the song, "How Can they Live Without Jesus" and to me, it says it all:
"How can they live without Jesus?
How can they live without God's love?
How can they feel so at home down here,
When there's so much more up above?
Throwing away the things that matter,
They hold on to things that don't,
The world has gone crazy, but soon maybe
A lot more will come to know.
Or maybe they don't understand it,
Or maybe they just haven't heard,
Or maybe WE'RE not doing all we can,
Living up to His Holy Word.
'Cause phonies have come and wrongs been done
Even killing in Jesus' Name
But if you've been burned, here's what I've learned,
The Lord's not the One to blame.
'Cause He's not just religion with steeples and bells
Or the salesmen who will sell you
The things you just want to hear
But His love was such that He suffered so much
To cause some of us just to follow, follow, oh....
So many laughing at Jesus
While the funniest thing that He's done
Is love this whole stubborn, rebellious world
While their hate for Him just goes one
And love just like that will bring him back
For the few He can call His friends
The ones He's found true, who've made it through
Enduring unto the end
The ones He's found true, who've made it through
Enduring until the end. "
Man, if Jesus can love the likes of ME, I KNOW that He loves you. Check it out. He's everything He claims to be.
"He is not here, for He is RISEN, just as he said!" Matthew 8:6
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