I think that we will be surprised and I think that you come to the reason at the end. Christ's Grace reaches people that we think that it doesn't, even that we think that it shouldn't. We are perfectly prepared to see Christ in the White Sheep, the virtuous poor, the socially outcast through no fault of their own, the traumatised and aggreived, etc. that we minister to, but Christ couldn't be a Black Sheep, a genuine bad guy with no sob story reason, a proud enemy of God and of His Gospel, could He?
You get strange thoughts if you mix parables together. Christ left the 99 to rescue the 1 lost sheep because the lost sheep was Him. If there is a sheep that we refuse to go after is it worse that that sheep is Christ or that it is yourself?
Really enjoyed this Joseph. I will be cross-posting to my subscribers.
I think that we will be surprised and I think that you come to the reason at the end. Christ's Grace reaches people that we think that it doesn't, even that we think that it shouldn't. We are perfectly prepared to see Christ in the White Sheep, the virtuous poor, the socially outcast through no fault of their own, the traumatised and aggreived, etc. that we minister to, but Christ couldn't be a Black Sheep, a genuine bad guy with no sob story reason, a proud enemy of God and of His Gospel, could He?
You get strange thoughts if you mix parables together. Christ left the 99 to rescue the 1 lost sheep because the lost sheep was Him. If there is a sheep that we refuse to go after is it worse that that sheep is Christ or that it is yourself?
Really enjoyed this Joseph. I will be cross-posting to my subscribers.
Thanks so much, Jon. Really appreciate these thoughts too. I pray for more surprises this side of the eschaton.