Boundless Love

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"Southern Comfort"

He Remains Faithful
by Shellie Tomlinson

I've been thinking about the fella who started the flag flap. I watched as he gave an interview where he made it clear that he didn't want anything at all to do with "the Christian's God."

That is his choice, he is exercising his own free will. If he doesn't want to serve God, he doesn't have to. His unbelief will effectively separate him from God's fellowship. Do you want to know what is harder for me to comprehend? Nothing can separate him from God's love!

Consider this excerpt of David's beautiful words from Psalm 139:

"Where can I go from Your Spirit?
or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there.
If I make my bed in hell, behold You are there.

If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there Your hand shall lead me...
And Your right hand shall hold me.

If I say, 'surely the darkness shall fall on me',
even the night shall be light about me.
Indeed the darkness shall not hide from You,
but the night shines as the day.

For you formed my inward parts...you covered
me in my mother's womb...
My days were all written when as yet there were none of them."

Our unbelief doesn't alter God's sovereignty any more than a child's refusal to obey severs their biological bond to their parents. II Timothy 2:13 says, "If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself."

God doesn't just love--God IS love. While we're ranting at the litigant, God is loving him. Amazing, isn't it? 1 John 4:19 says that we love Him because He first loved us. That means everyone, He loves us all! This man can do all the interviews he wants, but when he lays his head down at night, God's spirit will still woo him. If he pursued his atheist agenda his whole life--and made an honest plea for forgiveness on his deathbed, we would probably make him recite the pledge a thousand times and require him to write the words, "One nation under God" on the chalkboard until his hand cramped. God, on the other hand, would pardon his sin of unbelief.

Now that, my friends is LOVE.

Shellie

from
All Things Southern
Copyright 2002 All Things Southern. All Rights Reserved.
Used with permission

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. Boundless Love
(To hear Elton Smith's Vocal, click on Real Player at the bottom of the lyrics)

Righteous, holy, boundless in glory,
Praise to the Lord!
Unto Him all nations of earth shall bow.
Everlasting Truth of the ages,
He is the Lord,
His mercy flows to all who receive Him now.

One day soon, He promises,
He's coming again,
All who trust His Word shall inherit
Life without end.
One day soon, He promises,
He's coming again,
And we shall reign with Him for eternity!

The Lord our God
Came to earth,
And suffered for our sin.
He opened wide
The gates of heav'n
That we may enter in!

(Guitar solo)

Righteous, holy, boundless in glory,
Praise to the Lord!
Angels join the chorus, and with us sing:
From everlasting to everlasting,
He is the Lord:
Redeemer, Master, Counselor, mighty King!

Boundless love He showed on the cross
To pay for my sin,
Boundless love that took my disgrace
And called me a friend.
One day soon, He promises,
He's coming again,
And we shall reign with Him for eternity!

The Lord our God
Came to earth,
And suffered for our sin.
He opened wide
The gates of heav'n
That we may enter in!

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