Friday, April 10, 2009

Look Who's On Facebook

It had to happen sooner or later. It appears that God is now on " facebook. " At least there is a profile page with his name on it, where facebook users can sign on as fans and leave messages or have discussions with each other that God will no doubt monitor.

It is a sign of our techno times that God has been given a URL. Historically, we have appeared to house God in church buildings, cathedrals, and synagogues. But, they, too, were just meeting places to which people were called to acknowledge God in the company of like-minded souls. God "tabernacled" with his people throughout history in various ways, but his Son's coming was not timed to utilize the technological innovations of the info age.

The God of the universe, whose presence fills and sustains all creation, has specified only one dwelling place of choice in all of the earth... it is the heart of the believer who invites His indwelling by acknowledging God's gift of his Son and all that that implies. There is no i Pod application for that.

Much of the world will spend this weekend rejoicing in the empty tomb. I hope you are one whose heart is filled with the presence of God and the promise of eternal redemption.
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 5:6-11