Thursday, October 27, 2011

God's acquittal

Romans 8:31b-39--"If God is for us, who can be against us. He did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all...."  From time to time we go through an experience worried about being reprimanded, rejected, judged, and/or accused of coming up short, or, in fact, doing something judged "horrible" or unacceptable.  And many times we are our own worst critic.  In this "courtroom of life" sits  God, who has acquitted us, forgiven us, and holds us in the palm of His hand. Here in this "tribunal" is our God who handed His Son over to the accusers to save us from all in life of which others, and we ourselves, reject us, question us, and, yes, at times condemn us.  With God on our side, with God as our judge, no human verdict separates us from God's love, God's compassion, God's mercy and God's acquittal.  What makes us feel alienated from God and others is, many times, our own condemnation.

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