I can’t believe I’m going to say that I found a moment to comment on in the movie Blades of Glory but here goes…
Jimmy MacElroy was an orphan child who was adopted by a wealthy businessman. Jimmy’s father pushed him into figure skating with the express purpose of being the top in his field. Jimmy ties for gold with his arch nemesis, they brawl on the podium and are both banned for life from the sport. On the way home from the hearing Jimmy’s dad pulls over the car and tells him that because he can no longer win medals for him he has been un-adopted.
Is God like Jimmy’s father? Some Christians think so and I used to be one of them. I believed Jesus had paid for my sin on the cross and that got me into heaven but I had to be good all the time or else God would not be pleased with me and would turn away from me.
But the Bible gives us a completely different description of what God is like. Because Jesus lived the perfect life for us, died on the cross for us and rose from the dead for us we can be assured that God is always pleased with us and will never turn away from us. When God looks at us, instead of seeing our failures He sees Jesus’ successes. Paul tells the Colossian church that “…you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col 3:3). Jesus paid for all our sins on the cross: past, present and future! “…our High Priest (Jesus) offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time… For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy” (Heb 10:12-14).
Even though we are daily reminded that we are not perfect, God promises us that we will always be His perfect children because of Jesus Christ. That’s good news.
