There's HOPE. In your quiet moments, you feel the death that is in your bones, that rots your heart and mind and turns your will to nothing. You need to know this: JESUS IS ALIVE! His Grave is EMPTY! HE alone can conquer the sin and death that you are drowning in without Him! BY HIS WOUNDS YOU MAY BE HEALED!
And yet, this is not a feel-good fairytale. The Call of God is to invite YOU into His Cross, that you may also experience Resurrection Life and Power. He wants to CHANGE us, not just "play dress-up" with us. Will you walk through THAT Holy Threshold?
Those who love their sin and even religion, but not truly the Lamb of God, desire
"A God without active wrath,
men without confronted sin,
a kingdom without eternal judgment,
and a Christ without a bloody cross.”
The Good News of Jesus Christ is that God is God, sin is condemned, and the Cross comes at a terrible, high price. And still, He extends His arms to all who bend their knee and give their lives, hopes, dreams, fears, desires, plans, possessions, and egos to Him, unreservedly.
The Lion is a Lamb, to all who will love Him with "all their hearts, all their souls, all their minds, and all their strength."
Hallelujah. Maranatha.