Our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King. Francis Chan
Francis Chan is one of several young pastors who are setting fire to the church with similar messages. They are saying that the gospel, as originally preached by Jesus, carries a radical message. We don’t need a new gospel, we need to return to the original gospel in all its radical life-changing aspects.
That’s a great message. His quote above struck me hard. I think most of us, if we are truthful to ourselves, will admit that we want to go to heaven, because the alternative is too horrible to conceive. We sometimes even think that heaven isn’t going to be that great, it’s just going to be a lot better than hell. We just don’t have that longing in our hearts to be with the God we love. We haven’t come to know our God enough to really love Him.
We may know in our hearts that we should so love God that we can’t wait to be with Him and those who have loved Him through the centuries. However, we recognize that perhaps our love for Him is considerably less than it should be. We have the usual excuses: We can’t see God so how can we expect to love Him like some of the things we can see and feel? God provided an answer to that excuse. He sent His son as a human we could see and touch. He fills those who follow Him with His spirit so that through their lives and their loving, we can see Jesus even now.
We don’t need to make the gospel more sophisticated or modern. We don’t need a new approach or a 2013 spin. We need to go back to the original message. We need to absorb the gospel as Jesus preached it and now how we have adapted it. We need to remember the greatest commandment: to love our God and our brothers as ourselves.
Sadly that’s a pretty radical message in 2013.
Love the King and His subjects and be blessed.
Nick
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