God's system is for the ordinary. We fit into His story with grand precision. We matter. Our walk and life matters.
Because of Jesus' intense love for mankind, he declared from the cross that we are so bad we are savable!
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Our dilapidated failures as a people are clearly marked as sin. Religionists, however, develop a numbness to our own sin. Simultaneously, we find a disdain for other sinners. Strange, don't you think?
As a church-herd we gradually take on that squint-eyed judgmentalism which condemns others for they don't compare well to us. Our shallow self-favoritism may be showing!
Jesus hung upon the cross is the doormat to the kingdom of heaven. He welcomes us with open arms. It is not unusual that he asks us to enter where he is headed; at the grave. Buried with him in baptism we have resurrected life. Abundant life. Whole life.
Yogi Berra didn't quite have it correct when he famously declared, It isn't over 'til it's over! Jesus said it more accurately, It isn't over.
The strong message from the Cross is that, regardless of pains and agonies, life isn't over. As a matter of truth, it is always just beginning (II Cor. 4:16-18).
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