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If God is lavish in His grace Why do we think He withdraws forgiveness from some

May 25, 2022 • Nancy Teague • Episode 16

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#16 Quick Deep Point in five minutes! Scripture says God is faithful and His faith is a gift. How generous is God? Could God be too generous? Ephesians 1:7,8 says, He lavished redemption and forgiveness on us. Do those in hell lose that? If God changes not, how does this work? Do some go to hell because of what they did? Then, how does what Jesus did fit in? What really are the flames of fire and torment we associate with hell?

16E Transcript If God is lavish in His grace Why do we think He withdraws forgiveness from some

Nancy Teague

www.crazygoodgod.org

nancy@crazygoodgod.org

May 25, 2022

00:00:09.5 S1: Hi there, welcome to Crazy Good God podcast. I'm Nancy Teague, and pleased to have you join me. Check out www.crazygoodgod.org for info on me and the Crazy Good God podcast. Today's Quick Deep Point is, how far does God's love and faithfulness reach? Previous episode - Faith is actually in Jesus. Any faith we have is a gift. Is God generous in His gift-giving? Too generous? If we really understood His generosity, some would say, ‘No way.’ and be offended. Others, ‘Oh, my!’ and be undone. Ephesians 1:7,8 In Him, we possess redemption through His blood and His forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished on us. Lavish in the Greek - be over and above, to abound, go beyond expected measure, surplus! On means ‘into’, literally motion into which implies penetration to a particular purpose or result. We're not talking surface here or conditional! Did He ask our permission to do this? Are those in hell, or we think are heading to hell, part of His lavishness? Does God say at some point, ‘I've had it with you, I'm withdrawing my faithful lavish redemption from you. Even though I'm impartial, I changed my mind because of what you did.’ But then, God would have to say, ‘Oops, I just contradicted who I am.

0:02:00.4 S1: Oh, that's okay. You deserve hell, look what you did.’ But I thought it was not about what we did or do. Isn't it about what Jesus did? And He said, “It is finished.” The Alpha and Omega finished it! In my illustration of God taking back His gift of faith, it would also mean He stopped loving. But scripture says,” Love never fails. Love endures all things. Bears all things.” 1 Corinthians 13. He said,

0:02:37.0 S2: “I change not.” Malachi 3:6.

0:02:41.7 S1: Why do most of us see hell as punishment, as torture? Probably because there are references to gnashing of teeth, flames of fire, burning sulfur, etc. Also, traditional religious Christianity focuses on sin, wrath, judgment, hell. Over all, we are bent towards a – ‘You wrong? You pay’ mindset. We call it justice. God's justice is to reconcile, not condemn. We just don't get the magnitude of His love. In light of that, it's not literal flames and gnashing. They are analogies of the inner misery and torment someone brings on themselves when rejecting Jesus’ finished work. To resist God's free grace and welcoming acceptance would take an incredible amount of self-righteousness, self-justification, bitterness and ‘I am right!’ mindset. Adding to their angst are distant sounds of joy, laughter, partying of those who had received Jesus’ finished work. The rejector doesn’t need literal flames of fire to be tormented. Robert Ferrar Capon describes hell as “trying to swim upstream against the mighty Mississippi while it's headed into the ocean of God's love.” Isn't that good? The flow of His love is unstoppable! Jesus continues to say, through eternity, “Come unto Me all who are heavy laden.” Matthew 11 Even the Spirit and the bride say to those outside, “Come drink freely of the water of life.”

0:04:27.0 S1: It's the eternal gospel! Revelation 22:17 and 14:6 Oh my, Holy Spirit give revelation to set us free from the limitations and misunderstandings we have believed about His faith and love. Until next Wednesday, bliss to you and never forget God is absolutely crazy about you!