“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our LORD.” (Romans 6:23) “For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
We have Americanized the gospel or spiritualized the American dream. Take your pick. But neither one comes close to the true gospel. When you try to add something to the gospel, you aren’t enhancing it. Any addition is really subtraction. The gospel, in its purest form, is as good as it gets.
We want God on our terms, but we don’t get God that way. That’s how we get false religion. It’s pick and choose. It’s cut and paste. The end result is a false god we’ve created in our image.
You only get a relationship with God on His terms. You can take it or leave it, but you cannot change the rules of engagement.
-- Mark Batterson in “All In”
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