Wednesday, June 29, 2005
All About Jesus
I really loved this post from Blue Fish.
Adrain Warnock pointed out Monday that kids in the UK think of Jesus as a superhero. That could be lots of fun for someone like me, but it is serious. Superheroes are trivial, Jesus most decidedly is not. Why would kids feel that way? Because they think Jesus is about "saving" them, when he is really about revealing God.
Unveiled Face said yesterday
Scotwise is so right when he quotes Thomas Brooks
The all-important transformation occurs not when we reach a certain level of behavioral compliance -- that is a consequence of the transformation. The tranformation occurs when we stop asking what God can do for us, and start asking God what we can do for Him. The transformation occurs when we lose sight of ourselves and allow our vision to be overwhelmed with the glory of God.
But, primarily the gospel concerns God. It is chiefly occupied with the great scandal of how a just God can spare any sinner. How can God allow sins to remain, apparently, unpunished. And the answer is found in the death of Jesus. Without that the one who justifies is unjust.I view my journey as a Christian as a journey that began about me and is moving towards God. I love what Blue Fish says when he says "the gospel is about God." There is so much we can draw from that statement.
We take offense at times that God does not save all. The true offense is that God saves any. He would be within the bounds of his own justice for God to judge all.
Adrain Warnock pointed out Monday that kids in the UK think of Jesus as a superhero. That could be lots of fun for someone like me, but it is serious. Superheroes are trivial, Jesus most decidedly is not. Why would kids feel that way? Because they think Jesus is about "saving" them, when he is really about revealing God.
Unveiled Face said yesterday
Personally, I find it hard that we could read 1 Cor 1:12-13 and then continue to so boldly label ourselves "Calvinists" or "Arminians" or anything else.And he is absolutely right. Our particular school of theological thought is about us -- what we think about God, God is so much bigger than our tiny little minds can comprehend.
Scotwise is so right when he quotes Thomas Brooks
"Every thing that a man leans upon but God, will be a dart that will certainly pierce his heart through and through. He, who leans only upon Christ, lives the highest, choicest, safest, and sweetest life."I wonder, when we work so hard to build churches that are appealing -- when we focus on demographics and focus groups, and developmental models, and the "services" people want if we are not losing sight of the fundamental truth that Blue Fish states so simply. Those things are focusing on people when we should be focusing on God.
The all-important transformation occurs not when we reach a certain level of behavioral compliance -- that is a consequence of the transformation. The tranformation occurs when we stop asking what God can do for us, and start asking God what we can do for Him. The transformation occurs when we lose sight of ourselves and allow our vision to be overwhelmed with the glory of God.
