Confuses love and worship
by Myron Miller, Lebanon, Pa.
I was surprised and concerned to read the article by Everett J. Thomas, “Agnus Dei: Lamb of God” (March 18). To say that the Easter story “is about God worshiping us” is wrongheaded at the least. Thomas seems to confuse love and worship. Easter does not demonstrate “how much we are worth to God” but how much God loves us (John 3:16). God giving Jesus as a sacrifice was not “the ultimate act of worship” (God worshiping man), for Jesus was not a sacrifice to us but for us. Jesus was sacrificed in our place; this is the essence of the doctrine of the atonement (1 John 2:2; Hebrews 10:10). Scripture is clear that we are to worship God alone (Exodus 20:4,5, 2 Kings 17:36).
God’s amazing love for us was demonstrated at Easter, and perhaps that is the point Thomas strove to make. To say, “Easter is about God worshiping us” is a turn of phrase that catches one’s attention. However, we should not sacrifice good theology on the altar of a catchy phrase.
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