As we approach the beginning of the New Year, many people are
reflecting on the previous year and how they’ve lived their lives, and
are making resolutions and determinations
to live better in the coming year, whatever that may mean. The process
seems to involve a kind of refocusing on things that are important to us
so that when we will have come to the end of this next year we will
look even more favorably on it than the previous one.
Though I’m a few days early, as we anticipate the coming of 2012 I
want to write an open letter of sorts that focuses on the most important
realities in the world. And the addressee of my open letter is you.
No matter who you are—whether young in the faith, a seasoned saint, or
not a believer in Jesus at all; whether we’re good friends, have only
spoken a few times, or if I don’t know you from Adam—I can think of
nothing more profitable that I’d like to say directly to you.
And perhaps the most interesting distinctive about this open letter for
2012 is that it’s nothing new. It’s the same old message for a brand new
year, because it’s the only message that is sufficient to transcend all
times and cultures. It is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I hope you’ll
read carefully.
God is Holy
The
Bible teaches that the entire universe was created by God. And that God
who has created everything has spoken to humanity in the Bible. And the
Bible tells us that a fundamental characteristic of God is that He is
holy. 1 John 1:5
says, “God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.” That’s a
way of saying that He’s entirely pure. God’s character is one of perfect
moral uprightness. He is the essence of all that is good—so much so
that, as the verse says, He can have absolutely no fellowship with
“darkness”—no fellowship with that which is not perfectly holy,
righteous, and pure. Keep Reading >>>
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