So, Jesus, if you don’t mind, I’d like the gospel combo with extra large sides of grace, mercy and love without you being proud of me.
Is that possible? Can you ask the chef if he can whip that up specially for me?
Not really.
I can’t claim I’ve fully received grace without believing Jesus is proud of me. I can’t look at the cross and only walk away with “He must generally love me” or “He kind of likes me.”
If he’s not proud of me then he’s not a good and perfect father.
If he’s not proud of me then I’m not fully forgiven and fully righteous in him.
If he’s not proud of me then Jesus’ work on the cross was not complete.
If God is not proud of me like I am of my daughter then I’m a better father than He is.
Man, just when I started to think I knew the gospel …
Just when I was beginning to think I’ve heard it a million times …
Just when I started to shake my head at the preacher because his gospel presentation wasn’t deep, someone tells me that God is proud of me and I realize that my “I’ve heard it all because I grew up in church” resume is barely the equivalent of dipping my big toe in the unending ocean of Gods grace.
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Is God proud of me? If you’re like me, it’s SO hard to believe, but I promise you it’s true. It has to be because of the cross.
God is 100 percent proud of you because of Jesus.
Can you say it and believe it? God is proud of me!
