The Worth Of Knowing

“For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may have mercy on all.” Romans 11:32 CSB

God, what’s up with that? Is sin that small compared to your mercy that imprisoning us all to sin is worth it? This feels scary – like I’m a pawn in your hand.

“The answer is that God’s aim in history to stop the mouth of human pride and magnify the greatness of his absolutely free mercy.” – John Piper

If God is good and imprisoned us all in disobedience so that he may show mercy on all I must conclude that it’s ultimately worth it. It’s a good plan.

In the hands of a good God everything is ultimately worth it. It’s all a good plan. (my stomach twists a little at this thought)

Then is a dualistic view of the world (God vs. evil/Satan) actually Biblical? Sure, God is not evil and evil is not God, but was there ever a time when evil even had a chance?

When my husband wrestles with my 4 year old there’s no real competition unless my husband restrains himself. Is that (except to a much greater extent) what it’s like with God and evil? Is the war against evil, the battle against sin, the dualism of right and wrong all human perspective/experience not God’s perspective/experience?

“For in my inner self I delight in God’s law, but I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭7‬:‭22‬-‭25‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Sin is too much for humans, but not too much for God.

I can feel the war inside myself and know that in Christ I am already a victor. It wasn’t even close.