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The Beauty of Judgment

An interesting thought gripped me during my pastor’s sermon series on Breakthrough yesterday.   Since we live in AZ, it was particularly interesting how he used the visual of the Grand Canyon to make his point that sin alienates us from God.    He challenged Christians who confess salvation through the blood sacrifice of Jesus to make sober choices daily to walk in their freedom and not in slavery of sin. He shared his experience on a tour in the Grand Canyon and was startled at his guide’s explanation of the amazing panoramic view.   “Isn’t judgment beautiful?” the guide asked.   Whoa!   What did he mean?   This beautiful monument was not created by man.   It was the result of the judgment of God for sin during the flood recorded in the book of Genesis. “Based on the fact that the eruption of Mt. St. Helen's formed a canyon in a very short time period in the early 1980s, as well as other evidence, there is good reason to believe the Grand Canyon was formed ove