Happy Easter
For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.
Busy day today. Easter service, of course. Then we had about 15 people over for dinner. Easy to lose focus of what today is supposed to be about.
As seems to be normal for American churches, most of the focus is on us: How God loves us so much, how our guilt can be thrown on Christ. Which is true. The problem is these things are not the end, but one of the means. They’re meant to point to God, not to some intrinsic value in us.
The end is not us, the end is bringing glory to Christ.
Jesus fulfilled the myriad promises of God regarding salvation. That salvation — available to all — should cause us to look beyond ourselves to God.
Easter is a great time to remember that it’s not all about us.