It's been pressing on my heart and mind again to share what I believe about Jesus with clarity. I want the people I love to know this because Jesus is our only true hope in life and death.
I hadn't realized, I wrote this just over a year ago. I've revised for an easier read but still wanted to repost because it's important.
I believe in the actual, physical, real resurrection of Jesus Christ from death to life. As said in the sermon today “Not metaphorical. Not hypothetical. Actually, physically, truly and supernaturally the real bodily resurrection of a crucified Christ.
I can believe this because I also believe that Jesus Christ is God. As a Christian, I believe in the triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Three distinct persons, one true God. Jesus is God incarnate. The Creator of all things took on flesh like the creation He made. He was there in the beginning. The gospel of John (my favorite gospel) says, "He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him." John 1:10
The entirety of scripture points to this, to Jesus.. All of it. The Old Testament isn’t dusty and out of date, the New Testament isn’t the only thing of relevance, the whole of the Bible is about God’s rescue plan and tells of Jesus and of the resurrection. The whole of the Bible is about this, whether in the need for this rescue, its coming, its happening, its relevance, or the rejoicing in it- the whole Bible is one story.
Friends, this is what it means at the core to be a Christian.* This is what I believe. This is what I want you to know and to believe and stake your life and hope in. This is what I pray for you. And this Should affect the way I live my life.
Please, if you have questions about this (because it is a HUGE claim) and want to talk, ask questions, tell me I'm crazy, ask why I believe it, ask why I pray it for you, ask why my heart burns to repost this- if you have seen ways that I haven’t lived this out that have affected you- please, let’s talk.
love, Faith
*What we teach our kids through Gospel Project is *God Rules *We Sinned *God Provided *Jesus Gives *We Respond
God Rules: The Bible and therefore Christianity says God created everything, the earth and everything in it, humans and all of creation. (Gen 1:1, Colossians 1:16 & 17)
We Sinned:We were made for relationship with God but we rebelled against him and left his good plan. This is called sin and it broke our relationship with God, broke us, broke the world. Our sin against a holy God, the rightful Creator King, is insurrection and deserves punishment of death. (Romans 3:23. Romans 6:23)
God Provided: Instead of simply leaving us in this state, rightfully earned as rebels against a holy God, the same Creator God provided a way back to relationship wtih him. There was no possible way for us to be right again on our own effort. God is holy, our sin- any sin, means we aren't. God sent Jesus to perfectly live in our place. (Ephesians 2:8&9, John 3:16)
Jesus Gives: God is just and the punishment still had to be met. Jesus became the willing substitute for sinful people WHILE we were sinners. His life, death and resurrection are accepted by God as our perfect substitute when we believe in him and turn from our sins. Jesus gives us full pardon and adoption as sons and daughters when we turn away from our sin and accept his perfect substitute. (Romans 5:8, 2 Cor 5:21, 1 Peter 3:18)
We respond: We respond to the gospel by believing in Jesus alone for salvation and life with God. Sin led to death, the free gift of God is life in Jesus. And not just for heaven peeps, it means life abundant now. And that does NOT mean ease, or wealth, or peaches and cream. It means hope, and truth and peace with God. Responding also means telling others of the hope we have in Jesus. (Romans 10:9-10, John 14:6)
I hadn't realized, I wrote this just over a year ago. I've revised for an
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