Pastor John,
I feel like you taught us the foundation of the gospel this evening, or part of it. That is: Perfection (on earth) has to die!
That truth is a line in the sand. A line between this world and the place where God lives.
God is on the other side of human perfection!
Jesus, of his own will, carried the same perfection Job was laboring to defend, to the cross. Jesus took a spotless, blameless, perfect lamb (himself) and destroyed it “without cause” (without sin) to teach us! Jesus was teaching us the gospel – that the way to his Father was beyond human perfection, and he killed it openly for the whole world to see.
No wonder the Pharisees hated Jesus so; they loved being perfect, and Jesus was showing the world it was worthless! Glory to God!
If we love being right, if we love being good, if we love being perfect, we are going to hate the gospel because the message of the holy gospel is that our perfection has to die, so that in us, He can live!
Hahaha! That is so good!
I felt like I was floating when I left there this evening, like I had left this world for a while. Whew!
Jerry