tonight was youth group. The message was on God's holiness. Some points from it have stuck with me so I shall write about it.
"God is light and in him there is no darkness at all." 1 John 1:5
God's holiness is the reason the gospel had to be fulfilled, because He can not bear to be around our sin. To fix this, God had to do something that was very painful for him. He sent His precious, perfect Son to take the burden of our rebellion so we may spend eternity in heaven with our Creator. Yes, it had to be a physically painful experience for the Son, Jesus Christ, to be beaten and hung on a cross by the people (us) he was saving, but think about having God's full wrath and anger slain on you for the wrongs of everyone every born. It is unthinkable.
Jesus is the true meaning of love.
And the good new is that He is alive right now.
Jesus conquered death and sin for you and me.
We need to believe and live a life of love for Him. It is not an easy way of life, but in the end, we will be rewarded for our faith beyond what we can imagine.
"The holiness of God is the very cornerstone of Christian faith, for it is the foundation of reality. Sin is defiance of God's holiness, the Cross is the outworking and victory of God's holiness, and faith is the recognition of God's holiness. Knowing that God is holy is therefore the key to knowing life as it truly is, knowing Christ as he truly is, knowing why he came, and knowing how life will end."
David Wells
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