The greatest commandment is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. The Pharisees seen this as affective theology, mushy talk, not rational, but all the time Jesus was extending an invitation to a spiritual marriage. This supernatural union is the great mystery revealed in Ephesians 5:22-33 – bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. Our Beloved gave Himself for us. He nourishes and cherishes us, and He wants to cloth us with the glorious splendor of His faultless, blameless and unblemished, holiness. He wants to cloth us with Himself. Our oneness with Him allows God to see us in Christ’s righteousness, the only way a holy God can be approached by a human thingy. It is most tragic to know everything about God, to be able to pontificate endlessly about Him, but still not know Him -- to know all about the rules of spiritual marriage but never walk down the aisle, never say “I do”, and never submit to His lordship with a love-slave’s heart.
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My disposition of sin is my claim to my right to myself. I am my own god. I am not holy nor likely to be. I am doomed to failure because “Self” rules. But Jesus is the Regenerator, the one who can put into me His own heredity of holiness. Regeneration means that Jesus can put into any person the holy disposition that is in Himself, and all the biblical standards He gives are based on “that” disposition: His teachings are for the life He puts into us. The moral transaction on my part is to recognize my need and yield my will to His will, allowing the Holy Spirit to form Christ in me. Without holiness, without Christ formed in us, no one shall see God. This is the crucified life.
And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up, stimulate and incite to love and helpful deeds and noble activity (Hebrews 10:24)
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- This drawing of Christ is by Jerry Raggs. Isn't it awesome!!!
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REGENERATION
My disposition of sin is my claim to my right to myself. I am my own god. I am not holy nor likely to be. I am doomed to failure because “Self” rules. But Jesus is the Regenerator, the one who can put into me His own heredity of holiness. Regeneration means that Jesus can put into any person the holy disposition that is in Himself, and all the biblical standards He gives are based on “that” disposition: His teachings are for the life He puts into us. The moral transaction on my part is to recognize my need and yield my will to His will, allowing the Holy Spirit to form Christ in me. Without holiness, without Christ formed in us, no one shall see God. This is the crucified life.
POVERTY
(Jason Upton)
There's a power in poverty that breaks principalities
And brings the authority's down to their knees
There's a brewing frustration and ageless temptation
To fight for control by some manipulation
But the God of the kingdoms and the God of the nations
The God of creation sends His revelation
Thru the homeless and penniless
Jesus the Son
The poor will inherit the Kingdom to come
Where will we turn when our world falls apart
And all of the treasures we've stored in our barns
Can't buy the Kingdom of God
Who will we praise when we've praised all our lives
Men who build Kingdoms and men who build fame
But heaven does not know their name
What will we fear when all that remains
Is God on His throne
With a child in His arms
And love in His eyes
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