My daughter Bailey asked me yesterday, "Why did God make Adam eat the fruit in the garden?" Unfortunately, the technical answer that God is not the author of sin did not satisfy her. How interesting that a six year old can ask one of the most profound questions known to man—question of the existence of evil. There have been many helpful answers over the centuries, the most recent being Keller’s Reason for God.
I came across one answer (not original) in the Psalms today: “For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.” God is beautiful, glorious, and powerful; but there is a sense that he is more beautiful, glorious and powerful because he rescues, because he forgives sins, because he saves.
It would be a valuable exercise to contemplate how the Bible would be different without the praise of God for his salvation—there would be no Song of Moses, no Magnificat, no Song of the Lamb in Revelation. Most of the Psalms would disappear, much of Romans, and of course the entirety of the Gospels.
No, I’d rather not go through that exercise at all, and just turn back to praising God for separating my sin as far as the east is from the west.
2 comments:
Amen.
Keep it up, bro. This blog is one of my favorites.
Your blog is thought-provoking.
It's also thought-provoking that Bailey is SIX!!!!!!
My security word is 'bushoorm.' Sounds like something from Lord of the Rings.
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