Monday,
October 21, 2013
“Above
all, you must live as citizens of heaven,
conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ”
Philippians 1:27 (NLT)
conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ”
Philippians 1:27 (NLT)
This
passage tells us that we are citizens of the Kingdom of God and that we must
conduct ourselves as such.
Just as a citizen of the USA must pledge allegiance to the fundamental
“creed” of our country, so also must believers display their allegiance to
the fundamental creed of the Kingdom of God.
Putting
together the earliest proclamations of Christianity the following is the
fundamental Creed to which every Christian is bound:
In
Jesus God came to earth
What could be bigger than that? Take that in for a moment. Think about it
a lot. GOD came to earth as a person a point and place in time!
What could be bigger than that? Take that in for a moment. Think about it
a lot. GOD came to earth as a person a point and place in time!
Died
for our sins
God sacrificed Himself/His Son so that you can be rescued. The God who
rules the cosmos did this because you and I matter!!!!! Do not allow over-
familiarity with this truth to lull you into complacency over it.
God sacrificed Himself/His Son so that you can be rescued. The God who
rules the cosmos did this because you and I matter!!!!! Do not allow over-
familiarity with this truth to lull you into complacency over it.
Was
raised from the dead
Just HUGE! The Bible says Jesus is the "first fruits" referring to the first
crops harvested in the Spring. In other words, Jesus is the first not the last
to be raised from the dead. What God did for Jesus he will do for the whole
planet and for those people who allow Him to rescue them. Can you
picture planet earth and its inhabitants raised, renewed, and recreated?
Just HUGE! The Bible says Jesus is the "first fruits" referring to the first
crops harvested in the Spring. In other words, Jesus is the first not the last
to be raised from the dead. What God did for Jesus he will do for the whole
planet and for those people who allow Him to rescue them. Can you
picture planet earth and its inhabitants raised, renewed, and recreated?
Rules
the Universe
Jesus has the final word on everything. What we see in our lives and in
our world are just "preliminary results"
Jesus has the final word on everything. What we see in our lives and in
our world are just "preliminary results"
Is
making all things new
This is where belief and faith and obedience and trust (in the end all are
exactly the same thing) all come together in the calling that every citizen
of the Kingdom of God has, which is to partner with Jesus in setting this
world right, inviting others to become citizens and to enlist them in the
cause of Jesus.Our life task and calling is to be and make fully engaged citizens of God's Kingdom.
This is where belief and faith and obedience and trust (in the end all are
exactly the same thing) all come together in the calling that every citizen
of the Kingdom of God has, which is to partner with Jesus in setting this
world right, inviting others to become citizens and to enlist them in the
cause of Jesus.Our life task and calling is to be and make fully engaged citizens of God's Kingdom.
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