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Key points of Trinitarian, Christ-Centered Theology
1.0 The Triune God created all people to participate through the vicarious humanity of Jesus Christ in the love relationship enjoyed by the Father, Son and Spirit.
2.0 The Son became human, the man Jesus Christ, to reconcile all humanity to God through his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension.
3.0 The crucified, resurrected and glorified Jesus is the representative and the substitute for humanity at the right hand of the Father, and he draws all people to himself by the power of the Holy Spirit.
4.0 In Christ, humanity is loved and accepted by the Father.
5.0 Jesus Christ paid for all our sins—past, present and future—and there is no longer any debt to pay.
6.0 The Father has in Christ forgiven all our sins, and he eagerly desires that we turn to him.
7.0 We can enjoy his love only when we believe that he loves us. We can enjoy his forgiveness only when we believe he has forgiven us.
8.0 When we respond to the Spirit by turning to God, believing the good news and picking up our cross and following Jesus, the Spirit leads us into the transformed life of the kingdom of God.
For additional information please visit Grace Communion International Website.
2.0 The Son became human, the man Jesus Christ, to reconcile all humanity to God through his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension.
3.0 The crucified, resurrected and glorified Jesus is the representative and the substitute for humanity at the right hand of the Father, and he draws all people to himself by the power of the Holy Spirit.
4.0 In Christ, humanity is loved and accepted by the Father.
5.0 Jesus Christ paid for all our sins—past, present and future—and there is no longer any debt to pay.
6.0 The Father has in Christ forgiven all our sins, and he eagerly desires that we turn to him.
7.0 We can enjoy his love only when we believe that he loves us. We can enjoy his forgiveness only when we believe he has forgiven us.
8.0 When we respond to the Spirit by turning to God, believing the good news and picking up our cross and following Jesus, the Spirit leads us into the transformed life of the kingdom of God.
For additional information please visit Grace Communion International Website.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
What are we to make of Jesus Christ?
"What are we to make of Christ?" There is no question of what we can make of Him; it is entirely a question of what He intends to make of us. You must accept or reject the story.
The things He says are very different from what any other teacher has said. Others say, 'This is the truth about the Universe. This is the way you ought to go,' but He says, 'I am the Truth, and the Way, and the Life.' He says, 'No man can reach absolute reality, except through Me. Try to retain your own life and you will be inevitably ruined. Give yourself away and you will be saved.' He says, 'If you are ashamed of Me, if, when you hear this call, you turn the other way, I also will look the other way when I come again as God without disguise. If anything whatever is keeping you from God and from Me, whatever it is, throw it away. If it is your eye, pull it out. If it is your hand, cut it off. If you put yourself first you will be last. Come to Me everyone who is carrying a heavy load, I will set that right. Your sins, all of them, are wiped out. I can do that. I am Re-birth, I am Life. Eat Me, drink Me, I am your Food. And finally, do not be afraid, I have overcome the Universe.' That is the issue.
(page 160, "God in the Dock" by C. S. Lewis, Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970)
To get an overview of the mind of the man who claims not to be a theologian but proudly proclaim he was a previous atheist who became a Christian, watch these:
C. S. Lewis Video1, Chronicles of Narnia, the Scriptural Parallel
C. S. Lewis Video2, Satan's Devices
The things He says are very different from what any other teacher has said. Others say, 'This is the truth about the Universe. This is the way you ought to go,' but He says, 'I am the Truth, and the Way, and the Life.' He says, 'No man can reach absolute reality, except through Me. Try to retain your own life and you will be inevitably ruined. Give yourself away and you will be saved.' He says, 'If you are ashamed of Me, if, when you hear this call, you turn the other way, I also will look the other way when I come again as God without disguise. If anything whatever is keeping you from God and from Me, whatever it is, throw it away. If it is your eye, pull it out. If it is your hand, cut it off. If you put yourself first you will be last. Come to Me everyone who is carrying a heavy load, I will set that right. Your sins, all of them, are wiped out. I can do that. I am Re-birth, I am Life. Eat Me, drink Me, I am your Food. And finally, do not be afraid, I have overcome the Universe.' That is the issue.
(page 160, "God in the Dock" by C. S. Lewis, Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970)
To get an overview of the mind of the man who claims not to be a theologian but proudly proclaim he was a previous atheist who became a Christian, watch these:
C. S. Lewis Video1, Chronicles of Narnia, the Scriptural Parallel
C. S. Lewis Video2, Satan's Devices
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Let this mind be in you ...
Philippians 2:5 (New King James Version)
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
(Some translations use the word “attitude”. I believed it is accurate to use the word “mind”, because our attitude flows from what we have in our mind.)
Why? Do you know the reason? What is mind? I submit it is not the brain. The brain is the house where the mind resides.
What is mind? Or who is the mind?
I don’t know exactly. What I know is that the mind’s main activity is to think. Thinking thoughts is mind’s work.
Now, is or are your thoughts you or not?
Can we choose what we should think about and not think about?
Can we choose our thoughts?
Know-how or knowledge is the domain of the mind. When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, their mind became the storage of knowledge that is both good and evil. Not good separated from evil. If this is so then, Adam and Eve’s thinking are characterized by a combination of good and evil that is together. It is picking the good end of the stick that you also pick up the other end, which is evil. Because a stick has two ends.
Let us look at another angle in the same sense, When Christ said, “I am the first and the last”, what does this mean? Is Jesus two? One, of course! When, Christ said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life”, does this mean three?
The tree of knowledge is just one that has both evil and good in there. That’s where the fruit came from and was what each of us has eaten.
Let me dissect the words good and evil further: at level 1, you may think it to be just bad/good; at level 2, you might say it just false/true; at level 3, you could settle that it’s just about right/wrong; and at level 4, this is what is evil/good. Well, regardless of how our mind tricked us into this kind of thinking, it is still about good and evil combined. It is the devil's thinking.
This means that all human beings mind’s activity is to think naturally of good and evil thoughts combined. Why?
Because it is what they have come to know as a result of partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. That is the seed (good and evil seed) of knowledge that we’ve chosen to plant in our mind. Not the seed from the tree of understanding and wisdom, which is the tree of life.
I submit to you that this is the reason why Paul said to the Philippians, “Let this mind be in you, which is also in Christ”. Christ’s mind, not the mind of the devil.
In other words think like Christ, or think differently not naturally. Choose your way of thinking. Change!
Let me give a brief example of Christ’s changing ways of thinking from the Old Testament to the New Testament.
“You have heard in the past that it was said… now I tell you…” the Ten Commandments revisions...(murder...adultery...).
I submit to you further, that Christ’s mind’s activity is to think only in terms of the truth, what the reality is, actually. The human mind in its natural state thinks only in terms of good and evil, right and wrong, true and false.
Truth is only right, good, and true sans wrong, evil and false.
Now, some of you might be thinking Jesus knew about evil, didn’t He?
Of course, Jesus knew about evil; but Jesus does not think about evil.
Knowing evil and thinking evil are two different things.
If you say you knew about something it does not necessarily mean you also understand the thing. Why? Because if one knew something he usually talks about it; but if he understood it he proceeds doing it and also talks about it.
What do I mean by this?
Knowledge is not synonymous to understanding. Knowledge without understanding lacks wisdom. Wisdom is the correct application and usage of knowledge because we already understood it.
Knowledge, on the one hand, can be acquired through our senses: hearing, seeing, touching, etc. by reading too. In other words we have built-in information sensors.
On the other hand, understanding and wisdom can be received only through listening- i.e. continuous and consistent thinking about the information at hand. This process, called thinking, allows you and me to gain understanding- in biblical sense, -a revelation.
Correct understanding of the knowledge allows you and me to have the wisdom to apply and use this information for our benefit and others.
Again, just knowing is not the same as thinking.
Knowing is an event, an instance. Thinking is continuous and a series of events. Understanding is the result of thinking. Wisdom is the action- the result of understanding.
Let us try and in the following comparison see the difference between Christ’s pure thoughts and diluted human thoughts.
Christ’s pure thoughts are about the truth only, while diluted human thoughts are about right together with wrong.
1.0 He said, “I AM… the Son of God.” (Isaiah 55:11; Luke 22:70)
1.0 You said, “I am a Christian” or “I am a child of God.”
2.0 He said, “God always answers my prayers.” (John 11:42)
2.0 You said, “God answers my prayers but not always.”
3.0 He said, “I always do what pleases God.” (John 7:29)
3.0 You said, “I do not always do what pleases God.”
4.0 He said, “It is finished!”(John 19:30)
4.0 You said, “It is not yet finish!”
5.0 He said, “Why not me?” or “Why not?”
5.0 You said, “Why me?” or “Why?”
6.0 He said, “Yes.”(Mathew 7:7-8; John 11:41)
6.0 You said, “No.”
7.0 He requested noble things.
7.0 You requested not so noble things.
The “You said…” in the statement meant humanity as a whole, the prevalent thinking we have even after so many years of attending church services and bible studies.
Examples of the many Bible personalities that requested mostly noble (good, not evil) things are:
Abraham’s: “Help me follow you.”
Moses’: “Help me free your people.”
David’s: “Help me slay the giant threatening our people.”
Solomon: “Give me wisdom to rule your people.”
Isaiah: “Give me clean lips to speak your words.”
Peter: “Help me feed your sheep.”
Jesus: “Help me show them Your love.”
Now, what is lacking? What is missing? The answer, I guess, is in the complete knowledge and accurate understanding of the true nature of what is meant to have a mind pre-programmed to think in terms of dichotomies (two): good and evil, right and wrong, good and bad. Like the computer that has gotten a virus, someone has to install the anti-virus. But unlike the computer who is not aware of the virus, humanity is aware that something must be misaligned, misdirected and up-side-down in him- or herself.
The cure or the treatment Paul says to the Philippians, “Let Christ’s mind be in you!”
The reason is that your thoughts become you. To become like Christ, we think like Christ.
The Scriptures says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Prov. 23:7)
Love thinks no evil! (1 Cor 13:5 last part NKJV), the Scripture also says.
What is really the mind of Christ?
I say, together with Paul, it is the mind that knows evil but thinks no-evil- love.
Let this mind be in you!
The book entitled "The Shack" by William P. Young parallels the thoughts above. If you are interested in additional information on the change in thinking we need to have you may want to read it. I invite you to watch some of the interviews given by the author by clicking these links, there are three interviews aired separately: You're Included.
The controversy...the critique...
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
(Some translations use the word “attitude”. I believed it is accurate to use the word “mind”, because our attitude flows from what we have in our mind.)
Why? Do you know the reason? What is mind? I submit it is not the brain. The brain is the house where the mind resides.
What is mind? Or who is the mind?
I don’t know exactly. What I know is that the mind’s main activity is to think. Thinking thoughts is mind’s work.
Now, is or are your thoughts you or not?
Can we choose what we should think about and not think about?
Can we choose our thoughts?
Know-how or knowledge is the domain of the mind. When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, their mind became the storage of knowledge that is both good and evil. Not good separated from evil. If this is so then, Adam and Eve’s thinking are characterized by a combination of good and evil that is together. It is picking the good end of the stick that you also pick up the other end, which is evil. Because a stick has two ends.
Let us look at another angle in the same sense, When Christ said, “I am the first and the last”, what does this mean? Is Jesus two? One, of course! When, Christ said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life”, does this mean three?
The tree of knowledge is just one that has both evil and good in there. That’s where the fruit came from and was what each of us has eaten.
Let me dissect the words good and evil further: at level 1, you may think it to be just bad/good; at level 2, you might say it just false/true; at level 3, you could settle that it’s just about right/wrong; and at level 4, this is what is evil/good. Well, regardless of how our mind tricked us into this kind of thinking, it is still about good and evil combined. It is the devil's thinking.
This means that all human beings mind’s activity is to think naturally of good and evil thoughts combined. Why?
Because it is what they have come to know as a result of partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. That is the seed (good and evil seed) of knowledge that we’ve chosen to plant in our mind. Not the seed from the tree of understanding and wisdom, which is the tree of life.
I submit to you that this is the reason why Paul said to the Philippians, “Let this mind be in you, which is also in Christ”. Christ’s mind, not the mind of the devil.
In other words think like Christ, or think differently not naturally. Choose your way of thinking. Change!
Let me give a brief example of Christ’s changing ways of thinking from the Old Testament to the New Testament.
“You have heard in the past that it was said… now I tell you…” the Ten Commandments revisions...(murder...adultery...).
I submit to you further, that Christ’s mind’s activity is to think only in terms of the truth, what the reality is, actually. The human mind in its natural state thinks only in terms of good and evil, right and wrong, true and false.
Truth is only right, good, and true sans wrong, evil and false.
Now, some of you might be thinking Jesus knew about evil, didn’t He?
Of course, Jesus knew about evil; but Jesus does not think about evil.
Knowing evil and thinking evil are two different things.
If you say you knew about something it does not necessarily mean you also understand the thing. Why? Because if one knew something he usually talks about it; but if he understood it he proceeds doing it and also talks about it.
What do I mean by this?
Knowledge is not synonymous to understanding. Knowledge without understanding lacks wisdom. Wisdom is the correct application and usage of knowledge because we already understood it.
Knowledge, on the one hand, can be acquired through our senses: hearing, seeing, touching, etc. by reading too. In other words we have built-in information sensors.
On the other hand, understanding and wisdom can be received only through listening- i.e. continuous and consistent thinking about the information at hand. This process, called thinking, allows you and me to gain understanding- in biblical sense, -a revelation.
Correct understanding of the knowledge allows you and me to have the wisdom to apply and use this information for our benefit and others.
Again, just knowing is not the same as thinking.
Knowing is an event, an instance. Thinking is continuous and a series of events. Understanding is the result of thinking. Wisdom is the action- the result of understanding.
Let us try and in the following comparison see the difference between Christ’s pure thoughts and diluted human thoughts.
Christ’s pure thoughts are about the truth only, while diluted human thoughts are about right together with wrong.
1.0 He said, “I AM… the Son of God.” (Isaiah 55:11; Luke 22:70)
1.0 You said, “I am a Christian” or “I am a child of God.”
2.0 He said, “God always answers my prayers.” (John 11:42)
2.0 You said, “God answers my prayers but not always.”
3.0 He said, “I always do what pleases God.” (John 7:29)
3.0 You said, “I do not always do what pleases God.”
4.0 He said, “It is finished!”(John 19:30)
4.0 You said, “It is not yet finish!”
5.0 He said, “Why not me?” or “Why not?”
5.0 You said, “Why me?” or “Why?”
6.0 He said, “Yes.”(Mathew 7:7-8; John 11:41)
6.0 You said, “No.”
7.0 He requested noble things.
7.0 You requested not so noble things.
The “You said…” in the statement meant humanity as a whole, the prevalent thinking we have even after so many years of attending church services and bible studies.
Examples of the many Bible personalities that requested mostly noble (good, not evil) things are:
Abraham’s: “Help me follow you.”
Moses’: “Help me free your people.”
David’s: “Help me slay the giant threatening our people.”
Solomon: “Give me wisdom to rule your people.”
Isaiah: “Give me clean lips to speak your words.”
Peter: “Help me feed your sheep.”
Jesus: “Help me show them Your love.”
Now, what is lacking? What is missing? The answer, I guess, is in the complete knowledge and accurate understanding of the true nature of what is meant to have a mind pre-programmed to think in terms of dichotomies (two): good and evil, right and wrong, good and bad. Like the computer that has gotten a virus, someone has to install the anti-virus. But unlike the computer who is not aware of the virus, humanity is aware that something must be misaligned, misdirected and up-side-down in him- or herself.
The cure or the treatment Paul says to the Philippians, “Let Christ’s mind be in you!”
The reason is that your thoughts become you. To become like Christ, we think like Christ.
The Scriptures says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Prov. 23:7)
Love thinks no evil! (1 Cor 13:5 last part NKJV), the Scripture also says.
What is really the mind of Christ?
I say, together with Paul, it is the mind that knows evil but thinks no-evil- love.
Let this mind be in you!
The book entitled "The Shack" by William P. Young parallels the thoughts above. If you are interested in additional information on the change in thinking we need to have you may want to read it. I invite you to watch some of the interviews given by the author by clicking these links, there are three interviews aired separately: You're Included.
The controversy...the critique...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The Post Pentecost Christian Focus
BEFORE PENTECOST (Year B.C., Old Testament, 3 ½ years of Jesus Ministry)
AFTER PENTECOST (Year A.D., New Testament, After the Resurrection)
BC) The Holy Spirit is present to only a selected few.
AD) the Holy Spirit was given and available for/to all (Acts 2:17-18).
BC) Community is merely about the work of the spirit in the hearts and minds of individuals.
AD) Church is a community of the spirit.
BC) God’s people is focus only on one ethnic group-the Israelites.
AD) The Church (God’s people) is for everyone, not one ethnic group-Gentiles and Israelites together.
BC) Age of Law of Moses (Example, The Ten Commandments); Logic (knowledge) is about Good and Evil (Right and Wrong)
AD) Age of Grace (Father's Love, Son's Grace, Holy Spirit's Fellowship); Logic (wisdom) is about Truth
BC) Message focus is the KINGDOM OF GOD.
AD) Message focus is JESUS CHRIST (Passion, Death and Resurrection).
BC) We are asked to enter INTO the Kingdom of God.
AD) We are now CITIZENS of the Kingdom of God.
BC) The Gospel message of the kingdom unites the apostles and believers.
AD) The Holy Spirit is the bond and binding force for all Christians.
BC) We live and work according to good AND evil, NOT according to good OR evil (right and/or wrong).
AD) We live and work by the power of the Holy Spirit (i.e. by the truth--- no error, accurate, complete).
AFTER PENTECOST (Year A.D., New Testament, After the Resurrection)
BC) The Holy Spirit is present to only a selected few.
AD) the Holy Spirit was given and available for/to all (Acts 2:17-18).
BC) Community is merely about the work of the spirit in the hearts and minds of individuals.
AD) Church is a community of the spirit.
BC) God’s people is focus only on one ethnic group-the Israelites.
AD) The Church (God’s people) is for everyone, not one ethnic group-Gentiles and Israelites together.
BC) Age of Law of Moses (Example, The Ten Commandments); Logic (knowledge) is about Good and Evil (Right and Wrong)
AD) Age of Grace (Father's Love, Son's Grace, Holy Spirit's Fellowship); Logic (wisdom) is about Truth
BC) Message focus is the KINGDOM OF GOD.
AD) Message focus is JESUS CHRIST (Passion, Death and Resurrection).
BC) We are asked to enter INTO the Kingdom of God.
AD) We are now CITIZENS of the Kingdom of God.
BC) The Gospel message of the kingdom unites the apostles and believers.
AD) The Holy Spirit is the bond and binding force for all Christians.
BC) We live and work according to good AND evil, NOT according to good OR evil (right and/or wrong).
AD) We live and work by the power of the Holy Spirit (i.e. by the truth--- no error, accurate, complete).
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Theology of the Body
Remember the time when the pedal didn’t hit the metal?Genesis chapter 2 verse 25: Truth
“25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame."
It meant that they are (we are) in their (in our) original, natural, pure, unblemished state- complete, accurate and no-error.
Genesis chapter 3 verse 7: Deception
“7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.”
After the fall they (us) became unoriginal, unnatural, impure, blemished- incomplete, inaccurate and with error.
The pedal hits the metal.
For many of us the only relationship a woman and a man can have is based on lust. But that was never the design God intended for both sexes to have. The sexual relationship is designed from the very beginning to be based only on love. Which means that a man’s and a woman’s relationships (ours) can go beyond lust. This is the reality that most marriages know yet not.
For a series of lectures on these issues, I invite you to the EWTN Specials entitled “Created & Redeemed”. Here Christopher West explains a lot the true meaning of our sexuality and our body. He said, “Christ didn’t came to give us a long list of rules (legalism); rather, He came that we could have new life of authentic liberty and experience true freedom. That true freedom means freedom from internal constraint that keeps us from choosing what is good.”
We were driven out of our home, but in Christ we can all go back HOME!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Christianity and Religion Compared
Religion does not know about Christmas. It does not know the meaning of the incarnation. It does not know about the humanization of the eternal-divine relationship of the Father and the Son in the Spirit. It does not know we have been included in this relationship. It does not know the presence of Jesus Christ in- our hearts, thoughts and relationships -our lives now.
Christianity, on the other hand, is not a religion. It is about this home-life of Jesus Christ and his Father in the Spirit expressing itself in and through us as we work, play, cook, clean, fish, golf, garden, fellowship, make friends, etc, etc.
Christianity is about Jesus' life taking place and being formed in us (Eph. 4:13, Gal. 4:19). It is about the humanity of the Triune God filling all things (Eph. 4:10).
For an extensive discussion of the above issues visit the resources at Perichoresis Australia and read through the book by Dr. Baxter Kruger entitled Home.
To see Dr. Kruger in an interview, click this.
Christianity, on the other hand, is not a religion. It is about this home-life of Jesus Christ and his Father in the Spirit expressing itself in and through us as we work, play, cook, clean, fish, golf, garden, fellowship, make friends, etc, etc.
Christianity is about Jesus' life taking place and being formed in us (Eph. 4:13, Gal. 4:19). It is about the humanity of the Triune God filling all things (Eph. 4:10).
For an extensive discussion of the above issues visit the resources at Perichoresis Australia and read through the book by Dr. Baxter Kruger entitled Home.
To see Dr. Kruger in an interview, click this.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Our New Life in Christ: Three Views…
One view: “My new life in Christ is lived and patterned after the New Testament and looks like a re-enactment of the events that happened from Jesus’ birth up to his death.”
“A good view.”
Another view: “My new life in Christ is lived and patterned after the New Testament and looks partly like a re-enactment of the events that happened from Jesus’ birth up to his death and partly like also a re-enactment of the events that happened after the resurrection.”
“A better view.”
The third view: “My new life in Christ is lived and patterned after the New Testament but it is a series of experiences and events that has wisdom, power, guidance and security based on the events that happened after Pentecost, the change it brings, and looks forward in preparation to the second coming.”
“The best view.”
For still another view of our new life in and our oneness in Christ visit Living by Grace or browse through the book by David Kuykendall entitled Our Oneness with Christ or read through the scriptural injunction of Ephesians Chapter 2.
“A good view.”
Another view: “My new life in Christ is lived and patterned after the New Testament and looks partly like a re-enactment of the events that happened from Jesus’ birth up to his death and partly like also a re-enactment of the events that happened after the resurrection.”
“A better view.”
The third view: “My new life in Christ is lived and patterned after the New Testament but it is a series of experiences and events that has wisdom, power, guidance and security based on the events that happened after Pentecost, the change it brings, and looks forward in preparation to the second coming.”
“The best view.”
For still another view of our new life in and our oneness in Christ visit Living by Grace or browse through the book by David Kuykendall entitled Our Oneness with Christ or read through the scriptural injunction of Ephesians Chapter 2.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Signposts along Christian Theology Road
Signpost No.1 - Mirror Jesus Christ's own theology moorings. Jesus Christ, human and divine.
Signpost No.2 - Space and time past (sin); space and time today (resurrection); space and time tomorrow (judgment).
Signpost No.3 - Christianity is NOT a religion; religion is about law; Christianity is about love.
Signpost No.4 - Interpret the visible by the invisible and not the other way around. The Old Testament Scriptures is a type of the New Testament Scriptures. Therefore, the New Testament is the anti-type of the Old Testament.
Signpost No.5 - Death is a result and is spiritual, a separation from God. Dying is a condition, a process and physical. Christians are beyond death, i.e. from birth to death to resurrection.
Signpost No.6 - Hell is a state of mind; heaven is reality. Heaven is not the opposite of hell.
Signpost No.7 - "The church exists for the sake of the world. God made the whole world, and meant it -all of it- to be loved." This is our mission as a church- to love the world into the kingdom of God.
To help you see these signposts,
watch this:
Now, what is it like being at that table with Jesus?
Signpost No.2 - Space and time past (sin); space and time today (resurrection); space and time tomorrow (judgment).
Signpost No.3 - Christianity is NOT a religion; religion is about law; Christianity is about love.
Signpost No.4 - Interpret the visible by the invisible and not the other way around. The Old Testament Scriptures is a type of the New Testament Scriptures. Therefore, the New Testament is the anti-type of the Old Testament.
Signpost No.5 - Death is a result and is spiritual, a separation from God. Dying is a condition, a process and physical. Christians are beyond death, i.e. from birth to death to resurrection.
Signpost No.6 - Hell is a state of mind; heaven is reality. Heaven is not the opposite of hell.
Signpost No.7 - "The church exists for the sake of the world. God made the whole world, and meant it -all of it- to be loved." This is our mission as a church- to love the world into the kingdom of God.
To help you see these signposts,
watch this:
Now, what is it like being at that table with Jesus?
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