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The Paradox of God
Dr. Anthony Fortosis, quoted in Prokope, November/December, 1992, p. 4
The Paradox of God
Dr. Anthony Fortosis, quoted in Prokope, November/December, 1992, p. 4
- He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.
- The loftiest and most exalted became the embodiment of humility and simplicity.
- The richest became the poorest that the poor might become rich.
- He came out of dry ground to become a fruitful vine.
- He feasted with publicans and sinners that they might not starve in their sin.
- He starved for 40 days in the wilderness that we might feast on the impeccable Bread of Life.
- He taught us to love our enemies, to do good to those who treat us badly.
- He emptied Himself that we might be filled.
- Mighty conquerors with vast armies and terrible weapons have sought in vain to subdue the world&md;He conquered a vast kingdom with simple weapons of agape.
- The Lion became the Lamb that sheep might become shepherds.
- His heart was broken that He might bind up the broken-hearted.
- - His body was crushed that we might be made whole.
- We come into the world to live; He came to die.
- The purest One was called illegitimate, blasphemer, winebibber, glutton and impostor by guilty sinners.
- The Lord of lords became a lowly servant to serve the pitiful needs of mankind.
- The Man of Sorrows acquainted with the depths of grief became the joy of the world.
- He was rejected that we might be accepted.
- He was bruised that we may be healed.
- He was condemned that we might be justified.
- He was judged that we would not be judged.
- He was deserted for a time by the Father that we might find access to the Father.
- He died as the innocent One that the guilty might be declared innocent.
- By grasping life we die; through death we find life.
- Glory to the Lamb, the Paradox of God.
- The loftiest and most exalted became the embodiment of humility and simplicity.
