“If the gospel isn’t good news for everybody, then it isn’t good news for anybody.”
–Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis
People usually ask me, if all people will be saved, what’s the point of life? I answered this question a few entries ago by turning it on its head. But I do want to verify that, while the reconciliation of all things is beautiful, wonderful news, there is more to the gospel.
It starts with a movement of love– yes, the crucifixion, our paschal lamb, but more, even, than that. Christ has moved in the Christian’s life. He has shown such great love not only in his sacrifice but in our day to day lives.
This movement, this love buries itself within us and begins to grow, to spread, to burst forth from our very essence. And we’re alive, as if for the first time. And it’s all we can do to love others the way God has loved us.
See, we are not moved because we’re saved from death; we’re moved because He LOVES us. And this love is powerful, primal, essential, all-consuming, everlasting. It is the reason for existence. It is God Himself.
And the most incredible part of this love is that it’s contagious. When we love others, the process begins again. One domino knocks over the next and the next. A snowball rolls down a hill and grows and grows. There is no over-coming it; it’s like a wildfire burning through a pile of brush.
The biggest, grandest part of the gospel is happening right now. It is not the salvation of all, but how all are saved. Not the promise itself, but the fulfilling of the promise. Not the end, but the means. The kingdom of God is at hand.
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