When it’s all said and done? When the end is upon us? When the summation of all things is consummated? What will remain? What will withstand the whirling dervishes of insane world views? World views that leave anti-Christ perspectives in their wake; which are fueled by abusive false religions, out of control geo-political systems and ravenous bureaucracies? What will endure the scrutiny of God’s judgment? What is secured for eternity! What is laid up in heaven?
It certainly will not be our possessions or illusions of strength and will-power! And it certainly will not be our bad choices, mistakes, flesh, ethnicity, sexual preference, education, willful disobedience, ideology, world view, missing the mark, not measuring up to our or someone else’s bar of performance, religious ‘good’ works, failures, or our so-called issues! All of these are under the blood of Jesus and thrown into the ‘sea of forgetfulness” for those who believe the Grace Message of Jesus. At our best…“We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. 10 But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled. 11 When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good. 12 We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! 13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.” (1 Cor. 13: 9-13, Msg)
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