God is not in a hurry to fix us. Our behavior is not his first priority. We are his first priority. Loving us, knowing us, affirming us, protecting us. That is his top goal and his main concern. Judah Smith More Quotes by Judah Smith More Quotes From Judah Smith God's love is so extravagant and so inexplicable that he loved us before we were us. He loved us before we existed. He knew many of us would reject him, hate him, curse him, rebel against him. Yet he chose to love us. God loves us because he is love. Judah Smith rebel hate love-is Jesus sees our sin more clearly than anyone, yet He loves us more than anyone. Judah Smith sin jesus I think if Jesus had one shot at fixing us, He’d tell us how much He loves us. Jesus loves us right now, just as we are. He isn’t standing aloof, yelling at us to climb out of our pits and clean ourselves up so we can be worthy of Him. He is wading waist-deep into the muck of life, weeping with the broken, rescuing the lost, and healing the sick. Judah Smith healing jesus thinking Our righteousness doesn't depend on our present performance but on Jesus' finished performance. Judah Smith righteousness performances jesus Don't you know you are the only Jesus many people will ever see? In compromising your lifestyle, you forfeit your capacity to accurately reflect God's image and endanger an entire generation's understanding of Jesus. Judah Smith understanding people jesus Be the same person privately, publically and personally. Judah Smith persons What we do on Sunday absolutely doesn't matter unless it meets us on Monday. Changes us on Monday. Transforms us on Monday. Judah Smith sunday matter monday Sometimes our brains are our own worst enemy because grace isn't logical. Judah Smith worst-enemy grace brain Don't allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out. Judah Smith opinion shapes people When you look in the eyes of grace, when you meet grace, when you embrace grace, when you see the nail prints in grace’s hands and the fire in his eyes, when you feel his relentless love for you - it will not motivate you to sin. It will motivate you to righteousness. Judah Smith eye fire hands Notorious sinners didn’t kill Jesus. Religious people did. Judah Smith religious people jesus Nowhere in the Bible, however, do we find God distinguishing between levels of sin. God doesn't share our rating system. To him, all sin is equally evil, and all sinners are equally lovable. Judah Smith levels sin evil Sometimes we are outright rude when we interact with people. We meet a gay guy or a couple living together, and we think we have the obligation and right to warn them what God thinks about their sexuality on our first meeting. As if their sex life is the first thing on God's agenda.It's not.Love is. Grace is. Mercy is. Jesus is. Judah Smith couple sex jesus That’s how we often react when grace comes at us. It’s awkward. God offers us something that’s too good to be true—unearned, unmerited, total forgiveness—and we stand there, stiff and uncomfortable, waiting for the embrace to stop so we can get back to the business of earning our way into heaven. We need to embrace grace. We need to learn how to hug back. Judah Smith grace waiting heaven Are you struggling with sin? You don’t need more will power. You need more of Jesus. Judah Smith struggle needs jesus You don’t have to be good to be Jesus’s friend. You just have to be honest. Judah Smith being-honest honest jesus It’s interesting how people try to redefine God to their liking. They bring him down to their level so they can understand him, then they reject him because he is too much like them. Judah Smith trying people interesting Grace is God-given power to live differently. Judah Smith given grace Jesus is not your accuser. He’s not your prosecutor. He’s not your judge. He’s your friend and your rescuer. Like Zacchaeus, just spend time with Jesus. Don’t hide from him in shame or reject him in self-righteousness. Don’t allow the opinions of other people to shape your concept of him. Get to know him for yourself, and let the goodness of God change you from the inside out. Judah Smith self people jesus Jesus didn’t care about the scandal. He cared about the scandalous. Judah Smith scandal care jesus
