Friday, April 16, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Living Not Dying
We are often more pre-occupied with the Death of Jesus than His Life. Jesus didn't come to die, He came to show us how to Live. It is because of His Life that he was executed. His life's actions and message is why he was murdered. Simply put, the message of Easter isn't about the death of Jesus, but the Life of Jesus. He Lives means that more than he conquered death it means His Life matters more than his death. His Life was victorious over death and goes on.
We have come more to hallow Jesus suffering and death than his Life, which I don't believe is what God wanted. The Apostles realized it was Jesus life that mattered and that is what transformed the ancient world. It was a life lived that meant death had lost its sting, the grave its victory because a life lived as Jesus did transcended death and the grave. This is why they went out of the Upper Room and preached and changed the world. This is why they didn't run from death when it came and it is why they were murdered. They embraced the Life of Jesus and lived it wholly. For this they earned the same punishment as Jesus and the same reward.
2 Timothy 3: 12 Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Jesus' death had to happen, but it wasn't the purpose of his life. Similarly, it wasn't the death that changed the world but the Resurrection. The salvation of the world is with the Living Christ, not the dead Jesus. It is that Living Christ which transformed Saul into Paul. It is that Living Christ who speaks to us still and calls us to follow.
Colossians 2:6-7 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Romans 8: 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
We have come more to hallow Jesus suffering and death than his Life, which I don't believe is what God wanted. The Apostles realized it was Jesus life that mattered and that is what transformed the ancient world. It was a life lived that meant death had lost its sting, the grave its victory because a life lived as Jesus did transcended death and the grave. This is why they went out of the Upper Room and preached and changed the world. This is why they didn't run from death when it came and it is why they were murdered. They embraced the Life of Jesus and lived it wholly. For this they earned the same punishment as Jesus and the same reward.
2 Timothy 3: 12 Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Jesus' death had to happen, but it wasn't the purpose of his life. Similarly, it wasn't the death that changed the world but the Resurrection. The salvation of the world is with the Living Christ, not the dead Jesus. It is that Living Christ which transformed Saul into Paul. It is that Living Christ who speaks to us still and calls us to follow.
Colossians 2:6-7 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Romans 8: 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Easter
Yeshua HaMashiach!
Iesus Christos!
Immanuel!
Joy rose this day and Love won! We have entered into the Kingdom of Our God! May we live in the Light of Our Savior all the days of our life!
Iesus Christos!
Immanuel!
Joy rose this day and Love won! We have entered into the Kingdom of Our God! May we live in the Light of Our Savior all the days of our life!
Friday, April 2, 2010
A thought for Good Friday 2010
Recently, I read that Christianity is the only major world religion whose Founder was tortured and executed by the established authority of his day.
The question arises how do we leave from recalling and remembering His suffering and agony for us and then go forth to do it others?
The question arises how do we leave from recalling and remembering His suffering and agony for us and then go forth to do it others?
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