When Jesus healed people it was an inside job. Every time He healed someone He was forgiving their sins. The healing was out of His compassion for sure but the external evidence of a healed body was proof to everyone who saw them that God didn't make them sick. God had already forgiven their sins … Continue reading The inside job – part three – healing
The inside job – part two
This journey we are on in the advancing Kingdom of God is unique to each of us. As a matter of fact I am finding more and more that when I hang onto a "this must be the only truth" idea...well God has another idea. The infinite Grace He has for us should be our … Continue reading The inside job – part two
The inside job
In the last three posts I talked about some new ways to see "why the cross." The cross was a necessary demonstration of God's love so that mankind could learn to trust Him. The cross was an expression of God's nature so mankind could believe in Him and know Him. The cross was God's wrath … Continue reading The inside job
Why the cross? – part three
Projecting our deep wounds on God is how we formulated our psychotic images of Him. As Baxter Kruger says we painted the face of God with the tar of our angst. We were ashamed and took matters into our own hands by fashioning coverings with fig leaves. In the darkness of the bushes we have … Continue reading Why the cross? – part three
Why the cross? – part two
In the last post I talked about how Jesus “became our Sin” on the cross. Hopefully I at least introduced a new way of seeing what “becoming our Sin” really means. I tried to show how the power of Sin is the “Sin” that Paul is talking about. This “Sin” is our lost identity, our … Continue reading Why the cross? – part two
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