Such is the cold and gloomy place to which the dark goat path takes us. And that, ironically, means I can never keep the greatest command: to love the Lord my God. In other words, I can never really love the God who is essentially just The Ruler. And so it is with the divine policeman: if salvation simply means him letting me off and counting me as a law-abiding citizen, then gratitude (not love) is all I have. I might feel grateful, and that gratitude might be deep, but that is not at all the same thing as love. 'Even many Christians find the Trinity confusing, but Delighting in the Trinity is the clearest and best written explanation I've ever read.' - Marvin Olasky, World Magazine, J'Michael Reeves's Delighting in the Trinity is an enjoyable introduction to the doctrine of the Trinity. And even if, like God, he chose to let me off the hook for my law-breaking, I still would not love him. Let me put it like this: if, as never happens, some fine cop were to catch me speeding and so breaking the rules, I would be punished if, as never happens, he failed to spot me or I managed to shake him off after an exciting car chase, I would be relieved. But if that is how God is, my relationship with him can be little better than my relationship with any traffic cop (meaning no offense to any readers in the police force).
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