“So, I’m convinced your deepest problem is not with the cigarettes you smoke or the alcohol you drink in secret. It’s not in the slander you speak and the gossip you cherish. It’s not the pornography you pleasure yourself with when no one’s looking. It’s not about the baby you aborted; it’s not that you betrayed your brother, cheated on your bride, lied about the whole thing, and retaliated with murderous intent. It’s not even that you slaughtered the Lamb and killed the Messiah. Your deepest problem is that somewhere deep down inside, you believe Jesus the Messiah rose from the dead just to kick your ass, when, in fact, He rose from the dead so you would see and believe that all is forgiven. It is finished! God’s Justice is accomplished. And the Father is pleading, ‘Come home, come home, come home!, you are welcome as you are, and in that total freedom you can finally choose who you were made to be.’”
— Peter Hiett
5 comments:
amazing.
May 23, 2010 3:14 PM
kristen said…
wow. wow. wow. thanks for sharing this, RA.
May 23, 2010 6:35 PM
Carrie Dickson said…
i <3 peter heitt. he is quite possibly the ONLY pastor i can hear anymore. church still pushes some buttons for me, but not this stuff. if anyone is interested, here is the link to more sermons. http://www.thesanctuarydowntown.org/sermons/
(i can’t believe i am actually endorsing on-line sermon-listening. hahaha!)
May 23, 2010 6:45 PM
Anonymous said…
Yes!!!
May 23, 2010 7:01 PMLindsay (West) Dreher said…
Yes and no? There is truth in this blurb, but also fallacy;
We do not choose who we were made to be, any more than a screwdriver chooses what use it was made for. It can be used as a hammer, but that does not make it a hammer.
June 23, 2010 1:05 PM