What Does It Mean To Be Human? Another Glimpse posted on myspace 7/20/2008

This morning at Christian Assembly in Eagle Rock, they had a service where they had numerous people come up toward the end of the service. They were carrying pieces of cardboard. On the front of the pieces of cardboard it said things like, "Suicide or God, Alcohol, addiction, cancer, tumor, lonliness, ashamed, sexual identity, and HIV positive since birth." Then each person turned to the back of the cardboard and it said things like, " God, set freed, healed, being healed by faith, my identity is in Christ, accepted by God, living by grace, and God's purpose in my life. It was a very moving moment to see God active in these people's lives.
This is where I felt God say that, "This is only the beginning for those who love me. This is a glimpse of what I'm going to do for my people." (those who confess Jesus as Lord) I am in complete awe of what the Lord will do when He restores all things. Our dreams can be a bit limited compared to what the Lord will do for us and the plans He has for us. God's plans for His people are bigger than anything we can dream or imagine!
So seeing people (fallen humanity) freed, healed, and forgiven is a glimpse of the humanity (true humanity) that we are to become! It is a glimpse of what we along with creation await, that is God restoring all things! I will finish with what the apostle Paul says, "For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God... the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God... And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good! (See Romans 8)

A New Blog For A New Time

I've been blogging on myspace about what it means to be human. This theme I believe will be the dominate theme for the rest of my life. Being truly human is what God has called all of us to be. Humanity has truly fallen. God is calling us all to be truly His restored people. Evil and sin is in the world. God has dealt with evil and sin in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. So we can now be a restored people. We can learn what it is to live in an era where God is restoring all things.

I hope in this very short blog you can somewhat grasp how big this is. Can you imagine a world with people restored? Can you imagine a place where God's creation is fully restored? Can you imagine a place where people are reflecting God's glory? This is what God has begun through the death and resurrection of Jesus, who is Lord over all. Confessing Jesus as Lord and being a Christian isn't merely a personal religous experience. Jesus as Lord will restore all of creation. This is bigger than a personal religous experience. This will transform the whole universe.

When I first became Christian my faith was very personal. I didn't understand how big God's plans for His creation were. I think part of our message to people is that God is restoring all things. Being Christian isn't merely a personal experience not that it isn't that. It is so much more. God has dealt with evil once and for all on the cross! In a world with so much evil in it, this message needs to be heard. The world is fallen and is in desperate need of the One who restores.

So the purpose of this blog is to talk about what it means to be God's restored people. I will also more specifically discuss how this is played out in my life. I hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.

God Bless