Page 111

God says to Mack, “So then, where does that leave us?” In the book Jesus says, “Right where you were always intended to be; in the very center of our love and purpose.” In Matthew 7:21 Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles.’ Then I will say to them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me.”’

Page 120

In the book God says, “I don’t need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It’s not my purpose to punish it; it my joy to cure it.” The Bible is very clear in Romans 2:5-6, “But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God will give to each person according to what he has done.” Romans 6:15-23 reveals that the wages of sin is death. I Timothy 4:1 tells us the in the last times many will depart from the faith and follow demons. 1 John 1:8-10 reads, “If we claim to be without sin, we decieve ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”

(to be continued next week…)

Sources: (1) The Shack: Helpful or Heretical? A Critical Review by Norman L. Geisler and Bill Roach. (2) The Shack Uncovered By Michael Youssef, Ph.D. (3) Wayne Jacobsen, “Is The Shack Heresy?” (4) Tim Challes: “A Readers View of “The Shack.”tim@challies