"I one time preached one whole sermon one night on the holiness of God and after the sermon three men walked up to me and said, “Brother Paul, we have got a real problem with you because you preached an entire sermon on the holiness of God and not once did you mention the love of God.” And I said, “Well, gentlemen, last night I preached on the love of God and not once did I mention the holiness of God and not one of you had a problem with that.” Do you see? Dear people, we are always getting a one sided story. But doesn’t the Scriptures tell us that we need the full counsel of God? I am going to talk about the love of God tonight in a way possibly you have never known it, but in order for your to appreciate the love of God, you have got to understand something. His love is exalted in the same way the stars are exalted by a pitch black sky. Let me ask you a question. Where did the stars go this afternoon? Did someone put them all in a basket and carry them away? How come when you looked up you didn’t see them? Because there was so much light. You could not marvel at their beauty. You could not even see them because there was so much light. In the same way you cannot see the starts of God’s grace and his love with so much light. When preachers tell you that men are so good, the only way to truly appreciate the love of God and the grace of God is to see the pitch dark blackness of man. And when you see the pitch dark blackness of your own heart and then you realize that God moved in love for you, it causes you to fall down on your knees with the greatest esteem and worship God. I have a point to all this madness. Oh, I have got to dig a hole and bury you deep. I have got to show you how dark your night and hopeless your situation so that when I begin to talk about Jesus you are filled with admiration."~Paul. Washer
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 18:00:25 +0000
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