More or Less Human

Q: If you confess Jesus as Lord and believe that God has raised him from the dead, who do you become?
A: A child of God and citizen of God's Kingdom.

Q: If you are a child of God and citizen of God's Kingdom, do you become more or less human?
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Q: If you are more human, what happens to your Christianity?
A: (answer here)

Q: If you are less human, what happens to your Christianity?
A: (answer here)

Q: Whatever happens to your humanity, what makes it godly for you to condemn other people for their flaws?
A: (answer here)

Q: Who died for you?
A: (answer here)

Q: Who died and made you Judge?
Q: When did your sin become less repulsive than someone else's?
Q: Where did your ease of conscience begin to supersede actual righteousness?
Q: What if no one went to heaven unless you had express knowledge and gave your express consent?
Q: How does your pronunciation of condemnation have greater eternal value than the infinite word of the one who sets apart?

You were made to love and be loved. You were made to showcase God's glory rather than grasp for your own. You were made to be a story that tells the world about the sufficiency and character of God. You. Were. Made.

Love.
Be loved.
Live in Love.

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Two Masters

Today, as we were coming back up the driveway from a quick trip to town, my parents and I were paying close enough attention to behold God's handiwork.
Q: What had graced us this time?
A: A Blue-bellied Roller.

I would post a picture but, by the time we had gotten out of the car and my dad had retrieved his camera, he was unable to get a good shot. If your internet connection is any grade above the one I use (or even equal to it) then I greatly recommend to you the pursuit of a photographic image with this Roller in the foreground. For anyone else, please let me know when you would like to come and visit me here in Nkwanta. Room and board available, usually.

This week, as I may have mentioned last week, I had and took advantage of the opportunity to guide a group of pastors through the book of Colossians. This was an encouraging experience for me, as I had not previously been sure of my ability to teach an entire book of the Bible. I realized the importance of the book being the centrality, supremacy, and sufficiency of the person of Jesus, the Christ, to, in, and for the Christian faith. Secondly, the works of Jesus the Christ (just in case you had him confused with Jesus Justus in Colossians 4:11) stand out as efficacious among the attempts to both conquer the desires of the sinful nature and deliver humanity from the domain of darkness into his own kingdom.

Moreover, the pastors, who graciously learned from me despite the fact that I am younger than they, observed the importance of these truths: Jesus is God, and being renewed to partake of his spirit drastically changes the way we live.

They left our house this morning, on the way back to their respective homes. Two of them live nearly two full days away, by public transport; the third, about 30 minutes.

In your search for meaning, what is your treasure; that which, if found, would end all searching? Do you think you even have meaning? Let me cue you in to something that is true of all people: we were made to worship. The questions are not if and why, but what and how. I urge you, therefore, in view of the mercies of God, to present your body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is YOUR REASONABLE ACT OF WORSHIP.
Q: What does God demand of your time, gifts, and energies so you can make use of all he has for you?
A: Everything.

Q: What of God time, gifts, and energies has he devoted to the ultimate satisfaction of your soul?
A: Everything

In Christ, you are free. Free to remain in the darkness, trapped by the empty deceptions of your own efforts without the Christ. Free to live, having been transferred into the kingdom of God's beloved Son (Jesus the Christ), who offers freedom and forgiveness and substance rather than mere shadows. Confess that he is Lord, and believe the mystery that God raised him from the dead.

Choose ye this day whom you will serve.

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