Thursday, December 10, 2009

Jesus is beautiful becuase He can be trusted

I know that Christ can be trusted, because even when I was unfaithful to Him, He remained faithful to me. He is not the one who has abandoned and betrayed us over and over, we are the ones who have abandoned and betrayed Him over and over. And what you need to see is this- at the moment where we betrayed Him the worst, He did not betray us. When his closest friends left Him, when one of our own race kissed Him in betrayal and sold Him for just thirty pieces of silver, He did not shut down the whole thing and walk away. He did not give up on us. No. He did the unthinkable- in the face of your betrayal He picked up your cross, taking your punishment upon Himself, and bore it nonetheless. He was faithful to you while you betrayed Him. You have been to Him a most unfaithful friend. You have not been there for Him. You have joined the mockery of this world, you have ignored Him and rejected Him and mocked Him. And while you did this He has cared for you, and looked after you, and protected you, and died for you. How do we know He can be trusted? Because when we did the worst things possible to Him, He did not leave us alone, but instead gave up His very life to save us. So he can be trusted, He has proven His faithfulness to us. He has shown His ability to keep His promises. He promised Abraham generations ago that He would make a way for us to be saved, and He kept that promise. It was not our work that kept that promise, it was not our goodness. He did it. And so, I can trust Him.

But you might object and say "it's not for me, I can't believe. I can't trust Him enough. I will deny Him too much, I will doubt Him too much. I can't trust His promises are for me because I have denied and I lack faith." Friend, do you think that your lack of faith and your continued fallings will make His promises meaningless? Do you think you can't trust Him because you will sin again, and deny Him again? I have news for you, you already DID deny Him, and HE still DID die for you! I have news for you- you DID forsake Him. The question is not "will He still be faithful if you deny Him and rebel", he has already answered that question because you have already denied Him and rebelled, and He was still faithful to you then. It won't change. If He died for you when you were His enemy, what will His faithfulness be like when you decide to rely on Him as a savior?