Cosmic Agape

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 ESV

Abba is generous to his people. Three times He gives us heaven: At Eden, at Calvary, and in Eternity.

In the story of Noahs Ark one man and his family were saved in a wooden vessel. Others perished refusing to be saved.

At the Cross one man dies on a wooden Cross to save the human family. He is not willing that any should perish. Though, alas, some may choose to.

The heart of Abba is Agape. Jesus His beloved son says he is one with the Father. In effect one son volunteers to be a sacrafice to have a shot at saving all the other children. He knows there is one way. In the garden he asks the cup to pass from Him if there is any other way. But, in that moment He knows Abba’s will, that humanity be given a chance.

Would we be so brave?

The Father is not willing that any should perish, even if it costs. The trinity is a community. So Abba suffers with the son. He does not turn His face away. Each lash, jibe, and nail he feels. Just as any father who is good would.

Would we be so brave?

There is a call to all of humanity to:

Believe in the Father’s love (agape).

Recieve the Father’s love (agape).

Reflect the Father’s love (agape) to God and others.

Will you be so brave?

How will you respond?

“O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Spread his praise from shore to shore;

how he loveth, ever loveth,

changeth never, nevermore;

how he watches o’er his loved ones,

died to call them all his own;

how for them he intercedeth,

watcheth o’er them from the throne.”

– S. Trevor Francis