The truth of “God so loved
the world…” is diminished when we add conditional clauses that limit the ability
of the wind of the Spirit to blow wherever it chooses. In the same way we
demean the sacrifice of “he gave his only Son” by insisting that the Spirit
wind of God’s love must blow everywhere for everyone. We do not know the extent
or the limitations of God’s mercy although to insist on a verbal confession of
a personal relationship with Jesus and a particular way of being baptized would seem to
usurp God’s ability to do whatever God pleases. The ironic twist is that in Jesus day it was religious people - Pharisees and Sadducees and teachers of the
law- that failed to see what God was about. The good news for those of us who are blessed to believe and those who do
not is that the wind of the Spirit blows where it will and if the cross is any
indication of God’s intent it will be a mighty merciful wind indeed.
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