God Proves His Love for Us
Pastor and author Tony Campolo once wrote about a time when he was a teenager and he heard a visiting pastor speak about Judgement Day. This pastor terrified him with the claim that one day God would show us a movie of every single sinful thought, word, or action we ever committed. He ended this lurid description with the declaration, “And your mother will be there!”
On the contrary, Campolo maintains that Judgement Day will be more in line with what happened during the Watergate scandal trial. At that time the prosecutor procured a tape of what was thought to be an incriminating conversation between Nixon and his aides. However, just at the most crucial part of the tape, the section that would have revealed their crimes, there was an eighteen-minute gap of silence. Apparently Nixon’s secretary, Rosemary Wood, had erased any and all incriminating evidence! Campolo claims that in the same way, Jesus will erase any and all incriminating evidence against us!
Friend of Dial Hope, the scriptures teach us that we worship a God of love, mercy, and forgiveness. In the book of Romans we read, “But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.”
Let us pray: We thank you for your love, O God. Wash over us again this day with your grace. Heal us and renew us that we might live as your forgiven and forgiving people. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Daily Message Author: Joe Albright
Rev. Joe Albright is a graduate of Flagler College and Columbia Theological Seminary. Together, he and his wife Robbie have five children. He loves spending time on the ocean and especially enjoys surfing and fishing. Before entering the ministry, Joe taught high school Spanish in Cape Hatteras North Carolina and Lawrence Tavern, Jamaica. He has pastored churches in Sarasota and Jacksonville, Florida and is currently serving Trinity Presbyterian Church in Palm Coast. Full Bio “I believe deeply in the power of the Gospel to bring hope, love, and new life. I have seen firsthand how this beautiful ministry of hope has touched people’s lives. It gives me great joy to serve Dial Hope as Lead Pastor.”
