Preachers preach the message that we must return to God because we have forsaken His law. Somehow, we have forgotten that many have been let down by religious people and groups, feeling left out, shunned, and excluded. Some have been pushed out by the coldness of religious people, and the light of people’s faith has grown cold and dim.
The story reveals a God who gives. It reveals a God of self-giving love, leading Abraham to a profound realization.
I believe Jesus’s love will be reproduced in His people when they start treating others as if they were Jesus.
So, if the devil is theoretically a theologian that both believes and shudders yet remains a devil, what does that say about the beliefs I hold?
God wants our hearts and is out to win them. His passionate pursuit and sacred romantic overture are wonderful and mysteriously captivating. He woos us like a bride with His love song and charms us with His beauty.
Can you imagine God literally skipping and singing boisterously with joy over you and me? The very idea is astonishing. How breathtaking it must be to see God whirling about, rejoicing over us with complete adoration. How have we missed this picture of God when we have been told that He delights in us?
Theological InTents 