Our relationship with God must always be a personal one. It is interesting to hear people who consider themselves Christian knock the personal aspect of relation to God.
The bible is not their friend on this topic. God is our father, we are God's children, and we are brothers and sisters in Christ and co-heir's with Christ.
What is shocking about scripture is how easily and often it uses familial terms in relation to the Christian and God. The Christian God is high and lifted up and set apart and yet infinitely close to man.
In the church we often pick this truth or that truth. God is very high and other and distinct or God is close and familial.
You see it is both and not either/or. We often wish to simplify things too much. You see we wish to view our righteousness as our righteousness rather than accept that Jesus is our righteousness.
Showing posts with label relation to God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label relation to God. Show all posts
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Thursday, July 11, 2013
True Healing in God
For people with broken lives often the though is that healing can be found in psychology sessions and self help groups. Certainly there is truth in these things, but it not of an ultimate nature.
Man's ultimate problems are his separation from God. All other problems are a result of this first problem although often in a distant sense.
Through relation to God we find the power to grow in our problems. Forgiveness, peace, joy, and healing can all be found through proper relation to God.
I say proper relation to God because there are many relations to God which are not proper. Certain theologies such as prosperity theology and other doctrinal deficient theologies may lack the power to help people because they may not properly relate one to God.
Proper relation to God is accepting his promises and trusting God that he has provided all the solution already needed in the person and work of Jesus and that we cannot and need not add anything.
Man's ultimate problems are his separation from God. All other problems are a result of this first problem although often in a distant sense.
Through relation to God we find the power to grow in our problems. Forgiveness, peace, joy, and healing can all be found through proper relation to God.
I say proper relation to God because there are many relations to God which are not proper. Certain theologies such as prosperity theology and other doctrinal deficient theologies may lack the power to help people because they may not properly relate one to God.
Proper relation to God is accepting his promises and trusting God that he has provided all the solution already needed in the person and work of Jesus and that we cannot and need not add anything.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Counting the Costs
It is interesting how many preachers preach on Jesus' words of counting the costs of faith. It as if counting the cost is a stumbling block to faith!
The reality is that with the infinite value of knowing and being known by Jesus if we accurately count the costs, the choice is easy. The only difficult of counting the cost is not understanding the value of being a child of God.
The love of God cannot be expressed in any value. We were made to be in relation to God.
I once told a college friend who had a very low interest in religion that theology or learning about God was something I thought everyone would find interesting if they understood what they read. The response was not positive as if I told a joke.
The reality though is that we were made in the image of God to be in relation to God. It is not surprising that our ultimate fulfillment must be found in God.
CS Lewis wrote and interesting comment something to the effect that we are like children playing in a sandbox while turning down the opportunity to visit the beach at the ocean. The problem is that we are too easily satisfied.
The reality is that with the infinite value of knowing and being known by Jesus if we accurately count the costs, the choice is easy. The only difficult of counting the cost is not understanding the value of being a child of God.
The love of God cannot be expressed in any value. We were made to be in relation to God.
I once told a college friend who had a very low interest in religion that theology or learning about God was something I thought everyone would find interesting if they understood what they read. The response was not positive as if I told a joke.
The reality though is that we were made in the image of God to be in relation to God. It is not surprising that our ultimate fulfillment must be found in God.
CS Lewis wrote and interesting comment something to the effect that we are like children playing in a sandbox while turning down the opportunity to visit the beach at the ocean. The problem is that we are too easily satisfied.
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