Nothing Left But Love

A spiritual mentor of mine reminded me recently of a theological truth we rarely embrace (in our hearts) as followers of Jesus. This is the truth: All of God's punishment has been completely expended. There’s none left for us. It’s all been unleashed upon Himself at the cross. This is called propitiation. There’s no punishment left for us. Not even ill will or grudges. In fact, He’s quite taken towards us, since we’re His very own children. We think He’s vengeful, fickle, uncertain, or plain uncaring--this is simply a defect of our own thinking. I myself am prone to such thinking. Yet, this is furthest from the truth. The gospel is that there is now no condemnation (Rom 8:1). The only thing left is love.