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Divine Paradoxes

Life Under the Sun: Divine Paradoxes

Friday, April 1, 2011

Divine Paradoxes

Romans unfolds many great paradoxes about God. God's invisible qualities are clearly seen so that mean are without excuse and those He calls He justifies yet how will they believe unless they've heard and if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart you will be saved. The teaching of election seems hard to jive with the statements against God's showing favoritism yet is very clear. Furthermore, the presentation of the gospel of grace is by faith which comes from hearing the Word of God.
We share in Christ's suffering to share in His glory. All things work together for good to those who love Him who've been called according to His purpose. Believers even in sinning cannot separate themselves from God.
The law reveals our sin and need for grace yet we died to sin to live in it no longer. We're dead to sin but alive in Christ, set free from sin to be slaves to righteousness. We put to death the misdeeds of the body in order to live.
There is no condemnation in Christ but Paul is obligated to the Greeks and urges us to offer our bodies as living sacrifices conforming to the world no longer.
We're to honor others abover ourselves, submit to authorities, and strive to not be a stumbling block.
We're to be unified but keep away from those who cause divisions.
We can get frustrated or accept these paradoxes, these simultaneously true but seemingly contradictory ideas. We can take refuge in the fact that God is trustworthy and bigger than we are, that following Him is joy-producing or we can turn from Him or strive to squash Him into a box. Whatever we do with it, it's still truth.

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