If Jesus is our true elder brother, how does this change our relationship with him?
Our worship?
Our service?
Our obedience?
Our view of the future?
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Our group said that our relationship does not change, but we worship joyously, do service for others out of love for him, and are obedient out of gratitude rather than to earn stars.
ReplyDeleteOur pleasure and our duty,
ReplyDeletethough opposite before
since we have seen his beauty,
are joined to part no more.
John Newton
In a few short word Newton outlines our dilemma. The choice before us seems to be to either turn from God and pursue the desires of our hearts, like the younger brother, or repress desire and do our moral duty, like the elder brother. But the sacrificial, costly love of Jesus on the cross change that. When we see the beauty of what he has done for us, it attracts our hearts to him. We realize the love, the greatness, the consolation, and the honor we have been seeking in other things is here. The beauty also eliminates our fear. If the Lord of the Universe loves us enough to experience this for us, what are we afraid of? To the degree we "see his beauty" we will be free from the fear and neediness that creates either younger brothers or elder brothers.
"The Prodigal God" pages 88 and 89.