Knowledge and Wisdom

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 by Big Kahuna.

In preparing for my Easter sermon I got to thinking about what exactly the cross means in a cosmic way. It relates back to the beginning of time, in the garden. God took His time in dealing with original sin. In the Old Testament when sin got really bad, there was a flood that wiped out the earth (Genesis 6.5 - The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.) Not too many generations later we get the tower of Babel and the division of people by language due to the arrogance of mankind. God’s people had to wait in Egypt for over 400 years before the sin of the inhabitants of the land of promise was great enough that there was no hope of repentance and reformation. God hates sin but has incredible but not unlimited patience with sinners. His creation, particularly that part which bears His image, is of infinite value to Him. Sort of like the crummiest piece of furniture I own is the most valuable to me because it is the one thing I ever made on my own from my own plan. Read the rest of this entry »

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