“People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn’t seen some of it.”27 What MacDonald is saying is extremely important and profoundly biblical. People who believe more must not be hard on those who believe less. Why? Because faith ultimately is not a virtue; it’s a gift.”
― Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God
― Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God
“If you have a God great enough and powerful enough to be mad at because he doesn’t stop your suffering, you also have a God who’s great enough and powerful enough to have reasons that you can’t understand.”
― Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God
― Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God
“If you’re at the mercy of the storm, its power is unmanageable and it doesn’t love you. The only place you’re safe is in the will of God. But because he’s God and you’re not, the will of God is necessarily, immeasurably, unspeakably beyond your largest notions of what he is up to. Is he safe? “Of course he’s not safe. Who said anything about being safe? But he’s good. He’s the King.”26”
― Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God
― Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God
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