not more evil than the good God can give

Tuesday August 24th, Hebrews 12: 24 You've come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel's—a homicide that cried out for vengeance—became a proclamation of grace. On the cross, Jesus took all the evil humanity can give and proclaimed that it is not more evil than the good God can give. In the book and film, “the last temptation of Christ,” the depiction was the final and strongest argument to just give into to the tempters plan for the world as stated following Jesus’ baptism. Just bow down and worship me and I will give you all these lands and peoples was how the tempter put it. The gift of grace was Jesus’ “no” to the temptations of this world, temptations we all succumb to, and “yes” to God’s way of self-giving love and the gift of eternal life for all. Our call is to live this gift here and now.