“How do we relate to God? Clearly Scripture portrays God as holy and just. We speak of grace but the issue of sin, as breaking the Law of God, is ever before us. If God is so holy that he cannot look at sin, how is it possible to know him in any real way?”
Relating to God in the sense of understanding Him, cannot be done. But relating to Him in the sense of person to person can be. How is this so? Especially when we are so unlike God? God is perfect, and just, and we are very imperfect and unjust. God is eternal whereas we are only temporal beings.
And just how much of my sins does grace cover, without it becoming injustice?
Most people store these questions in there hearts, to ponder throughout the rest of their lives.
Not to be cliche, but Jesus Christ really is the answer to these questions. He is the one who fills in the cracks, so that we can relate to God. All of our sins are forgiven if we are willing to confess them and come to true repentance. Then, and only then can we stand before God pure and blameless. And as for the question of how much grace covers... it covers everything! We are not perfect but we are being perfected. And when we are a less than perfect God brings convictions to our hearts.
In the shack Mack is confronted by three individuals (who are yet one) that represent God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. He seems to not have a definably close relationship with God, even though he believes God exists, and seemingly does all the "Christian" things.
What make discovers by visiting the shack is that God is relatable through Jesus, and that God and the Holy Spirit love him just as much.
I know it does sound cliche but I agree that Jesus is totally the answer!
ReplyDeleteDo you think that the Shack offers a good representation of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit?
"All of our sins are forgiven if we are willing to confess them and come to true repentance. Then, and only then can we stand before God pure and blameless. And as for the question of how much grace covers... it covers everything!"
ReplyDeleteJessica, it is exciting to know that grace covers everything! However, what do you think causes non-believers and even believers to think that sometimes grace does not cover specific sins? How does the feeling of guilt come to play here?