Perhaps the god <br />that we've created <br />is a false god. <br /> <br />Maybe we should listen <br />to the voices of reason, <br />to different voices <br />from different places. <br /> <br />The Anglo Saxon <br />word for God <br />is 'good'. <br /> <br />Each and every one of us <br />from the very beginning <br />is said to have been <br />made in His image. <br /> <br />Too many faiths <br />latch onto the sin nature <br />and there stubbornly remain <br />insisting on bloody justice <br />even though bloody justice <br />has already been paid out in full. <br /> <br />As far as I know the mercy seat is still there, <br />and I have read that mercy triumphs over judgment. <br />It is the goodness of God that leads to repentance. <br /> <br />God is as close as our breath, <br />and we already live and breathe <br />and have our being in Him. <br /> <br />The Son is good. <br />The Father is good. <br />The Spirit is good. <br /> <br />If I ask for forgiveness, <br />I shall have it. <br />I believe what He says <br />about Himself and <br />the provisions he <br />has already made <br />to meet my every need. <br />This invitation to know Him <br />is available to everyone, <br />and everyone can receive Him, <br /> (or not) <br /> <br />If some would rather have a task Master, <br />a harsh Master that dishes out justice, <br />a Master that punishes everyone equally, <br />that finds that no one measures up, <br />they can have Him. <br /> <br />They can hold to that vision, make it a works plan, <br />a plan with no hope for anyone but hell. <br />And they will find as they always have suspected, <br />as they pass from this miserable life to the next, <br />that they have always been in hell.<br /><br />William Jackson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/perhaps-the-god-that-we-ve-created-is-a-false-god/
