Pure generosity is on full display in God’s creation, redemption, and glorification of his creation. He didn’t create because he needs us. We need him. He does not need us. He’s not enriched by us, but he enriches us. And that is good news for us.

Beneficiaries of God’s Grace

I love this question for a number of reasons. First of all, this question helpfully reorients our expectations for our relationship with God. It’s easy for us to flatter ourselves when we think about our relationship with God, because we tend to think that our relationship with God works very similarly to our relationship with other people. I am affected by other people, and I affect other people. There is this mutual kind of push-pull thing going on with relationships with other humans.

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