Sinners & an anguished God.
Soul Snack 181/10 ... The Divine Diamond
300 hundred years ago the firebrand pulpiteer Jonathon Edwards melted pride and chastened souls with his timeless sermon - Sinners in the hands of an angry God.
But there is so much more to the God of the sinner than just anger. To my simple mind, a perfectly cut diamond may accurately reflect God. There are many facets to Him.
Too long have I languished in the evangelical grief-stricken face of personal performance, without spinning the diamond and gazing upon the faces of mercy, compassion, grace and goodwill.
The God of Calvary deals with His own anger, and holds no resentments:
- the me that still sins, He still forgives,
- the me that I don't like, He still delights in and
- the me that is ignorant, He still teaches.
Surely, Calvary first shows Sinners in the hands of an anguished God.
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." (Lk 23:34a)