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11/27/2002 Entry: "A Perfect Response?"

I'm a bit anxious. It's possible that my post of Tuesday on Matthew 25 might have given the impression that I'm praching some sort of "gospel of works". That isn't what I mean. The life of Jesus represents what I read somewhere described as a "double movement" - from God to humanity, from humanity to God. In Jesus, God comes amongst us an offers himself. That's the first part. But the second is just as important, for in Jesus our humanity is made perfect and offered back to God. Even our smallest, most hesitant step of faith is gathered up by the perfect faithfulness of Jesus. We would never be good enough or even have faith enough to make it into the presence of God. But Jesus can take us there!We gain our "righteousness" from him, and it is all we'll ever need.