Evagelisation: The Caring God

"Who for us men, and our salvation, came down from Heaven"

As I have said before this is incredible.   Most Gods in the pagan world look upon what they presumably created as just toys or play things.   There is no indication of compassion or love.   Yet our God has both.   It is of course  impossible to look into the mind of God, but we do see his actions. He had created a creature that was free to Obey Him or Disobey Him.    And as I learned from the Catechism 'made in his own image and likeness".    Now when I say he made 'man' I am using biblical language but the term 'man' means 'mankind', which includes women.    Females who want women priests usually claim that the phrase 'in His own image and likeness' means that God is a man, quite rightly deny this, then go on to defend their sex.     The answer is in the old Penny Catechism where so many answers are found.    IS THIS LIKENESS TO GOD IN YOUR BODY OR IN YOUR SOUL.   This likeness to God is chiefly in my soul, for it is immortal and can never die.

 But it was not just obedience God wanted from his creatures.   He wanted them so much to love Him.    So that is why He came down from Heaven.   He had seen that giving people Free Will to love Him was not enough, for they had to exercise that free will.   So despite that foreknowledge of what would happen, He nevertheless created them with a plan, to show them that love, when freely chosen and accepted, brings them the true happiness he always intended for them.   Their original choice of rebellion had brought only misery to the world, but freely accepting God in a positive way and accepting His friendship and love, would bring them a joy and peace that was everlasting.   It would be their salvation, for only those who were faithful to Him could join Him in the Kingdom of Heaven.   lt is the choice God offers us today through His Church, and we are free to accept or reject.   How often do I hear the phrase "God made us the way we are" as an excuse for sin.    No, He did not.    We learn to love God by rejecting the sinful impulses and greed which that first rebellion made part of our human nature.    It is when we work for our Salvation through the help Jesus gave us, in the sacraments, in the Mass, and in our families, we become that person we were meant to be.        

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