Friday, January 8, 2016

Blue Bloods

Ok I admit it.  I’m hooked.  The show Blue Bloods has got my attention and I watch it rather regularly.  I’m old enough to remember watching Magnum P. I. and Simon and Simon.  Today it’s Law and Order and now Blue Bloods.  Oh, I’m sure there are more, but I’m drawn into the plot, the themes, the family dynamic, the stories, the plea for justice and the making of a deal. 

On a totally different note – but in some ways related - I’ve been reading a book given to me recently.  A quote I read yesterday has grabbed my attention.  In fact I’m still thinking about it today and was drawn back to it.  There’s a reason people get arrested.  The law has been broken.  A price has to be paid.  The gospel is a powerful story of righteousness, justice, law, and amazing grace.  So – here is the quote that got me.  You can find it in John Piper’s book ‘The Supremacy of God in Preaching’ – page 29.

The keynote in the mouth of every prophet-preacher, whether in Isaiah’s day or Jesus’s day or our day, is “Your God reigns!”  God is the king of the universe.  He has absolute Creator rights over this world and everyone in it.  But there is rebellion and mutiny on all sides, and his authority is scorned by millions. So the Lord sends preachers into the world to cry out that God reigns, that he will not suffer his glory to be scorned indefinitely, that he will vindicate his name in great and terrible wrath, but that for now a full and free amnesty is offered to all the rebel subjects who will turn from their rebellion, call on him for mercy, bow before his throne, and swear allegiance and fealty to him forever.  The amnesty is signed in the blood of his Son.


I’ve never been more grateful for the cross of Jesus Christ.  He paid my debt.  I owe Him everything.  The offer still stands for all who trust in Him.  Blue bloods may be just a television show, mirroring everyday life.  The gospel is for real, and paid in full by the blood of Jesus.  Trust Jesus today!

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