Believing that God controls every decision and action of humankind, both good and evil, is so unlike the One God revealed in Trinity. God does not control; He loves. The Father, Son and Spirit (One God) exists in a community of unbroken love. Neither controls the Other, Each prefers the Other and testifies of the Other out of self-effacing love. The Son shows us the Father and the Spirit shows us the Son, etc. The spotlight is always turned on the Other. The members of the Trinity do not do selfies. If the goal of the Christian’s life is to be restored to divine likeness, then to be like God is to focus in love on others.
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others” Philippians 2:3-4 (NIV).
You are reading from “Build On The Rock”, by H. Lamar Smith.
