It doesn't matter how much you think you have life sorted out, it just isn't that predictable. There are a million, million factors every day that we aren't in control of. Here is a quick video of the luckiest man in Russia yesterday, who was just quick enough when a bus's breaks failed. He didn't expect to die yesterday, but he nearly did.
I don't expect to die today, but I might. I don't want to live blind to that possibility. What happens then effects how I live today in every imaginable way.
Read moreJesus is Supreme - So What? Hebrews 2:5-18
To sum it up: because Jesus is supreme and everything is under him for this world and the next:
* He will get us to heaven if we turn to him
* He will take away the terror of death because he died for us
* We don't need to fear the devil because Jesus has beaten him and destroyed his power
* We don't have to fear that we will get condemned for being sinners because he mediates for us
* We can know God's comfort in suffering or temptation because our high priest draws near and he knows exactly what it is like
Read moreA Strange Funeral
Might it be that even at our most godless there is something deep inside that makes people resonate and long for grace, even if they can't articulate it or haven't heard the gospel? Maybe grace is built and threaded that deeply into the fabric of reality.
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