23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. (Deuteronomy 4:23-24)
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
Thoughts: Heaven is a perfect place and we are not perfect and do not deserve to go there. For the minute we go to heaven without being changed, then heaven is no longer perfect. God is a consuming fire- burning up all impurities and sin. On our own merit, we cannot come near to God. But the good news is that God has come to us- gently, accommodating Himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ. Christ came to us while we were still sinners to enable us to get beyond our sin into His presence. God comes to make a way.
God has no need of anyone or anything beyond Himself. Yet in grace this Triune God is the one Creator of all things. The ongoing act of creation is further manifested in God’s gracious sovereignty and providence, maintaining the existence of the world and all living creatures for the sake of His own glory. He is the Holy One, the ground of all being, whose glory is so great that for us to see Him is to die. Yet He has made the creation to reflect His glory, and He has made human beings in His own image, with a unique desire to know Him and a capacity for relationship with Him. Since our God is a consuming fire whom we in our sin cannot safely approach, He has approached us by entering into our humanity in Jesus Christ.
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