Cartoonology Devotional 08-25-09
Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics.
Being thorough is a good thing when directed toward what is right. The word thorough connotes completeness. It means leaving nothing undone and usually requires perseverance, sacrifice and much labor.
Frederick Lewis Allen told the following story. There is a legend at Harvard that the late Le Baron Russel Briggs, beloved dean of the College, once asked a student why he had failed to complete an assignment. "I wasn't feeling very well, sir," said the student. "Mr. Smith," said the Dean, "I think that in time you may perhaps find that most of the work of the world is done by people who aren't feeling very well."
This makes me think of what Christ accomplished for us on the cross. The perfect Son of God was made to be sin for us by His own Father. Atonement for sin was accomplished. While Christ was suffering and dying, he completed what God sent him to do. His work included "not feeling very well".
The work of Christ on the cross was thorough in at least two ways. First, he provided forgiveness and forgiveness for the whole world, not just a few. Of course, that can only be realized through faith in Him. Second, he provided forgiveness for all our sins – past, present and future. This was only possible because Christ Himself is eternal God. Everything about Him is eternal, including the salvation He offers to us. He leaves nothing undone.
1 John 2:2 (NKJV)
2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. 08-25-09
2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. 08-25-09
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These devotionals are free for the using. Share them with others. I only ask that you let people know where you got them.
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