the promise

موضوع: the promise الثلاثاء أكتوبر 21, 2008 9:37 pm

the promise

This story tells of the man
who set out to adopt a troubled
teenage girl. One would question his
logic. She was destructive, disobedient, and dishonest.

One day she came home from
school and ransacked the house looking for money. By the time he arrived,
she was gone and the house was in shambles.

Upon hearing of her actions,
a friend urged him not to finalize the adoption. "You haven't completed
the paperwork. You haven't signed any documents. Let her
go."

His response was simply,
"But I've already promised her that she would be my daughter."

God, too, has made a
covenant to adopt his people. His covenant is not invalidated by our
rebellion. It's one thing to love us when we are strong, obedient, and
willing. But when we ransack his house and steal what is his? This
is the test of love. And God passes the test; Despite our sin, in the face
of our rebellion, He chose to adopt us.

- - -
Romans 5:8 - But
God has shown us how much he loves us - it was while we were still sinners that
Christ died for us!

Matthew 9:12-13 - (Jesus
said) "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick...
I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts."

Ephesians 1:5 - God had
already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his
sons.