ok, I’m at new years conference in nashville this week and having a great time. The theme this year is “between two worlds.” one recurring thought is the truth that when Christ came he brought light (John 1) that illuminated the darkness that permeated the world due to sin. Fairly simple concept right?
As religious southerners, we tend to view this sort of darkness As the kind that occurs when you can’t find the light switch in your bedroom. We fiddle around in the darkness but within seconds even amid the frustration we are able to find the switch, problem solved. It’s very easy to view our situation this way because of our terribly small view of God and our own sin against him. This is only one reason for our dead churches and Christians who haven’t shared the gospel they claim in months or even years.
We were not trapped in a bedroom. Our solution was not to simply flip a switch. We are trapped in an entire cosmos searching for a switch that even when found is too difficult to be flipped by a mere mortal. It took an act of divine sacrifice to do this.
Our second mistake is to think that once the switch is flipped, no further assistance is needed. This is simply not true. I constantly need the grace that Titus speaks of to be lavished on me because in this great cosmos i cannot find my own way. I am far too lost for that. This is where the Holy Spirit comes in. The Helper to bring us to our father.
Just something that God is teaching me. Thanks for checking it out
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