Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Relevance


It is possible to be relevant to culture without compromising the "Law of Christ".  Traditions can be broken, but God's Law must not be broken.  The timeless truths in the Bible still apply today.

We use many different methods to appeal to the high-tech, fast-paced world of today.  But we should never ever change the message we present.  Christ still died for our sins, he still was buried in a borrowed tomb, and he still rose from the dead on the third day.  The Holy Ghost was still poured out on the day of Pentecost.  The believers still continued daily in the apostle's doctrine.  Jesus still commands us to "be ye holy for I am holy".  We must not water down the Truth and this Christian lifestyle to make it more palatable to the "general public".  And even though the gospel is offensive to those who have not obeyed it, the way we present the gospel should not be offensive.

So we should make every effort to be involved in our communities.  We can Facebook, Twitter, Stream Online Worship Services, build websites, help the needy, etc.  But, we should never lose the original doctrine which was taught by the apostles: Jesus Christ and him crucified.  Christ in us, the hope of Glory!

Monday, June 21, 2010

True Freedom, Real Life

1 Corinthians 2:10-12

We can't truly be free unless we have God's spirit living in us. The baptism or infilling of the Holy Spirit is necessary to live free. Without the Holy Ghost, we simply won't know how to live free because God's Spirit won't be in us, quickening us.

More importantly, if God's Spirit doesn't live in us, it can't quicken our mortal bodies when the Trumpet sounds and God comes back for his Church (Romans 8:11).

The baptism of the Holy Ghost is essential both for life here and now, and for life after death.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Avatar

Colossians 1:15

This is not theologically correct and I hope I don't offend anyone, but it's fun and it made me laugh when I thought of it.

Jesus Christ was the visible image of the invisible God. For anyone who saw the movie, "Avatar", Christ was God's avatar. God came to earth in a body, an "avatar" if you will, in order to interact with humanity as one of their own.

I know there's another scripture mentioning that the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in Christ bodily... in other words, Christ was fully God, not just a remote control body. It's still a fun comparison though. :)

Anyway, I had to share that thought.