Thursday, January 31, 2013

Jesus - friend of sinners.

You should never have gloated over your brother
in the day of his distress;
You should never have rejoiced over the people of Judah
in the day of their destruction; 
You should never have boastfully mocked
in the day of calamity.
You should never have entered the gate of My people
in the day of their disaster.
Yes, you - talking to you!
Do not gloat over their misery
in the day of their disaster
and do not appropriate their possessions
in the day of their disaster.
Do not stand at the crossroads
to cut off their fugitives,
and do not hand over their survivors
in the day of distress.
Obadiah 1:12-14


No doubt the children of Edom thought that they had chosen the winning side when they stood at the crossrosads (verse 14) and identified Jewish refugees to their enemies.

No doubt the sons of Esau trusted in some notion that they would be exempt from judgment since they were able to consider themselves more righteous than the children of Israel - it wasn't their judgment that mattered (verse 10).

No doubt the Edomites believed the distress of their brother, Jacob, was permanent and justified their "kick him while he is reprobate" stupidity.

calvinists - beware. Calvin was precisely that stupid.

Reprobates will be made known by Jesus (Jesus is God) on the last day.  They were not pre-packaged to be so - they, as humans, are welcome at the cross so long as there is time and they come into the presence of the God who loves so much that He will even turn His back on harm that He had planned.

That is Bible - not vain jangling imagination.

Come to Jesus.
Come to the Cross.

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