Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Christ's incarnation - one way of seeing it



Christ's incarnation


     Man was formed out of dust.  In other words a heap of dust became alive when God breathed into its nostrils.  Now when man says to God, 'I owe my life to You, Oh God', how right it is.  God formed everything out of nothing.  When you look deeper into His work, one aspect; one constituent which is revealed in a fantastic way is His LOVE.  Out of His great love He created man.  He gave man the authority and dominion of His creation.  But this life, the man Adam fell into sin (acts, intentions or thoughts against the living God).  So this man, the living heap of dust fell from the post of dominance and authority.  Now he is liable to face God's wrath.  But God, full of wisdom and love, patience and mercy chose to redeem the fallen man instead of finishing him off.  So to redeem this living thing by God to Himself for His purpose, He chose to visit man in the likeness of the living heap of dust. 
      Sin entered man by the deception of the enemy of God, whose interest is against everything that is of God.  Sin can be defined as the acts, intentions or thoughts opposite or against the very being or nature of God.  Sin is everything that is not in and God.  Sin was subtle and powerful, so to kill it, first man should see it.  So to see it we need special sight or say a calibration or a platform, this sight or calibration is the Law of God.  Law exposed sins of man and condemned man of God's holy wrath.  Man was now a bondage to Law.  As now Law condemned man of his sins, Satan ruled him with the fear of death.  Once Law exposed Sin, it has to be killed, quarantined.  The substance is the blood of Christ, the life of God as an over-comer and the sacrifice.  He is the sin smiting King of kings, a victorious man.  God's love for His creation is essayed so beautifully and elegantly in the mount Calvary when this blood of Christ flowed like a river once and for all to kill the power of death which ruled man.  This brought us to the grace and this is grace, amen.  Now should we go back to our old life of fear and bondage? Or live our life thanking the King of kings for his salvation and victory He gave us freely which He bought for us with His redemption work.  
     The truth is that the Lord is powerful and all sufficient to destroy this sin when initially it found its way into man.  The Lord has two ways, one through the judgment and wrath and second by gentleness, love and patience.  Now the cross of the Lord is gentleness and love and patience for those who believed in His choice of becoming man to fight this battle for His fallen creation out of His great Love.  God entered man through His death and resurrection and becoming the life giving Spirit. This Spirit has a purpose to restore us back to the stage before the first fall slowly and progressively.  
     Hallelujah Christ is the way for every one to stroll back to the perfect way God had created us before the fall of man and sin.  Christ is the life in us which will make us accomplish this.  Amen 

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Normal Christian


ANormal person in Christ is a courageous person (1Ch 28:20, Eph 6:10, 2Ti 2:1). He stepsout in faith (1Co 16:13) and spreads the message of salvation. The more merciless the terrains are , the smootherhe thinks his works are (2Co 1:7). He loves his friends to the extent of laying downhis life for them (John 15:13 1Jo 3:16). He labors notfor salvation, but since already saved, he labors (2Co 9:8 2Co 12:9 Eph 2:8 2Ti1:9 1Pe 5:10 1Pe1:10 Heb 12:28). This is grace he proclaims (Ro11:6 Ro 5:17Ro 3:24). He hasleft all for his Master’s sake (Mat 10:39) and shares in the sufferings of HisLord (Mat 10:38). He is not afraid ofdeath and sorrows but marches towards it to fulfill the Father’s will (Luke12:4,13:31). He loves the church (Eph5:27 1Jo 4:7) and his thoughts are not diverse but one-His Lord and SaviorJesus Christ (1Co 7:37 Heb 3:14 1Co 15:58). His aims is not to become a good man, but he regards his righteousness to be garbage when its essence isn't his Christ (Col 3:10). Karma doesn't matter, because the Lord has become his Karma; his robeof righteousness forever (Ga 3:27 Eph 4:24).
When the others are surprised at newtwists life unfolds; grieves and worries without seeing the meaning, aChristian is busy discovering the Lord in it and taking refuge in Him (Ps 59:16Ps 62:7 Jer 16:19). It is a shame to him if he worries likeothers, because it would demean his Lord’s name (2Co 12:9 Ps 23:1 Joh 10:14). He looks at the sorrows with meaningful eyesand loves the Lord more (Re 2:4). Hestands fast. Be it storm or excitement,nothing moves him until the Lord alone moves him (Ps 1:3).
This is the normal Christian who isnever famous for his faith (Mr 10:21 Mt 8:20). Heis hidden and doesn’t stand out wearing some fancy fluorescent robes toproclaim a religion (Lu 20:46 Ga 5:1). And he never stands between God and His seekers with his religious elements (2Pe 2:19 Ga 4:3). He shows the way to Enter the Lord (Joh10:9 Heb 4:5), Experience theLord (Ro 5:3,4),and Enjoy the Lord (Php 3:1 Php 4:4 Ps 33:1 Ro 12:5). He doesn’t havethe courage to become a martyr but knows for sure that courage would be givenwhen time demands a sacrifice for the Lord (Ac 7:59 Ps 27:14 Ps 31:24). He is but a face in the crowd (Lu 9:23) andhe stands out in the eyes of the Lord who would embrace him when he finishes therace in the best way he could (Ro 8:21).
Don’t name him but just call him a ‘Christian’,you can make him happy.