Thank God for God

Have you ever wondered what you might do if you were God? Today, R.C. Sproul reminds us why we should be grateful that the Lord is God and we are not.

I sometimes wonder what I would do if I were God. And when I muse on that subject, I usually become very beneficent and benevolent. I say, “Well, if I were ever God, I’d save everybody. I would just forgive everybody and wouldn’t even require a cross or an atonement or anything like that.” And I sometimes wonder why God didn’t do it that way. But then I’m reminded of two things, dear friends. One is that I’m not God and I don’t think like God. The biggest reason why I am not God is because I am not holy. And so, the way that I would do it and the way that you would do it, is not the holy way. It’s not the way God has decided to do it. God does care about us. He does care about people. He does care enough to give His only begotten Son. But He doesn’t care so much that He will negotiate His own character. The second thing I want to say is that not only am I not God, but I think if you thought about it for five minutes, you would rejoice in that discovery. Aren’t you glad that R.C. Sproul is not God? I’m glad. Because I couldn’t begin to do for a fallen world what God has done for us in Christ.