“ Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable? ”
God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
~ Francis Chan
Jesus didn't speak of hell so that we could study, debate and write books about it. He gave us these passages so that we would live holy lives. Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.
But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
