Tuesday 29 May 2012

Record keeping

1 Corinthians 13 tells us that love keeps no record of wrongs. We are also told that God is love. If that is true, does God keep a record of wrongs.
Many Christians think so but as Darin Hufford explains in “The Misunderstood God” (available in the Store) this just isn’t the case and it is very important that it works this way.
I was raised in a religion that taught that God very much did keep a record of our wrongs. The whole point of the religion was to have as few of these wrongs as possible and hope that God would forgive you for the rest. This isn’t the point, however, of the message of the gospel. We are saved totally by grace and do not stand before God based on anything else. God loves us and looks at us as His beloved children. God truly keeps no record of our wrongs.
He also keeps no record of our right actions either. He does not bless us because of the good things we do. He blesses us because He loves us. He does not save us because of the good things that we do, but because He loves us.
God keeps no record of wrongs. Rejoice and be glad that we can have a relationship with the Father without any fear or manipulation. Praise God!!!

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