God Came for the Sinners

My pastor at Grace City presented a sermon a few Sunday's ago that had a rather personal meaning for me. He, Seth, talked about how we Christians sometimes like to think of ourselves as orphans in this world. He mentioned that there are a lot of broken people at Grace City, being healed. That while we believe in god, we feel that he is the only one that we can connect to. John 15:19 comes to mind.

He talked about how, when we chose to give our life to Christ, God made us part of his family! We have more brothers and sisters and cousins than we could possibly imagine! 

Fast-forwarding a bit, I was walking down Monroe Ave earlier, and I couldn't help but notice all the people who have lost their way, or are broken.

I cant help but think, how could god reach out to all these people. So many people here are hurting for affection and the feeling of being loved truly by someone. All the guys that are out there, desperate for attention. All the woman, scantily dressed, believing that they must be in order to attract the attention of someone so as to have a mutilated feeling of the love and caring that God has for us all.

And it think, how can God possibly reach out to all these people?

Then I remember everything that God can and has done.

John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. (NIV)

New International Version (NIV)

 ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. 1 Timothy 1:15

Thousand, millions, BILLIONS.....these numbers may be huge for us, but they are tiny compared to the power of our god! In him, all these things are possible :D