Saturday, October 24, 2009

I'm not sure this is what Paul meant...


In his letter to the Church at Ephesus, the Apostle Paul wrote: 

"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus."  Ephesians 2:4 - 7

From that phrase in verse 7 has come the popular title for believers, labeling us a "trophy of His grace".  For example, the  KJV Bible Commentary notes that "God delights to show great grace to great sinners. God will display the trophies of His grace throughout the endless ages of eternity. Saints will be concrete demonstrations of the overflowing wealth of His grace." 

What a beautiful example of the love and mercy of our God.  

So, with all that in mind I was a bit horrified to come across an example this week of people who have decided to use this phrase in a slightly different context.... check out this website.  

I thought it was a joke at first, some pagan choosing to mock the Bible and Christians by using a well known phrase in a ridiculous way.  But, alas, it was not supposed to be funny.  Maybe there is a cultural thing going on here that I am not understanding, and I am not questioning the faith of those involved... but really, can Christians expect non-believers to take us or the Bible seriously when we do things like this?  

Sigh...

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