friends

Do you view the gospel in terms of legal arguments, such as the sufficiency of the atoning blood sacrifice as the basis for your entry to heaven? Do you present it to others the same way? The gospel is valid from this perspective because I am just and it is not in my nature to disregard rigorous requirements. Yet you spend more of your time with friends than in a court room, and so do I. You think of your faith as primarily relational and you are right. So in the end it is not so much that I have to accept you because of legal requirements but I want you because you are my friend and I love you.