What if Jesus was telling the truth when He said...*
"IT IS FINISHED"?
- He might have really paid the price for our sins
- He might have really taken them away
- He might not have ever have to do it again
- He might not be shocked at how bad we have been
- He might not be shocked by things we still do
- He might not be shocked when He discovers our "secret sins"
- He might not be shocked by impure motives
- He might not be shocked at the messes we get ourselves into
- He might not be shocked when we run from Him
- He might not be shocked at how people can mistreat Him
- He might not look at us as if He didn't finish His job
- He might not look at us as if we need to finish His job
- He might not look at us as if we need to pay for our own sins
- He might not look at us as "ungrateful"
- He might not look at us as "unforgiven"
- He might not look at us as "unworthy"
- He might not look at us as "unclean"
- He might not look at us as "unholy"
- He might not look at us as "sinners"
- He might not look at us as if He gave us a new life
- God just might have believed him
- God just might have accepted His sacrifice
- God just might not remember any sins against us
- God just might not be mad at us anymore
- God just might not look at us the way we look at us
- God just might see us as the new creations He made us
- We might really be forgiven
- We might really be acceptable to God
- We might really be worthy
- We might really be holy
- We might really be made right
- We might really be loved
- We might really be brand new
- We might really be free
- We might really not have to be afraid of judgment
- We might really not have to be afraid of God
- We might really not have to be afraid of the hammer falling
- We might really not have to be afraid of death
- We might really not have to be afraid of life
- We might really not have to be afraid of failure
- We might really not have to be afraid of anything
- We might really not need to do anything to receive the gift of God
- We might really not need to bring about righteousness in our life
- We might really not need to focus on our sins
- We might really not need to focus on our failure
- We might really not need to ask God for forgiveness
- We might be called justified
- We might be called righteous
- We might be called holy
- We might be called pure
- We might be called saints
- We might stop begging God to forgive us
- We might stop thinking God doesn't love us
- We might stop thinking God doesn't care
- We might stop trying to get what God has already given us
- We might stop trying to make ourselveves more acceptable
- We might stop acting like the people we used to be
- We might stop living like nothing has happened
- We might stop calling ourselves what He no longer does
- Christianity might be different than the pathetic substitute we've gotten used to
- Christianity might be as good as the Bible says it is
- Christianity might be as good as you have hoped it was
But then again, He may not have meant what He said...
* Written by Jim Minker (aka the shovel: www.theshovel.net) 1/10/99
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