Thursday, October 16, 2008
Something Much Bigger Happened
In any good monster movie, the director has to take the audience on a 30 minute journey on how strong the good guys' weapons, cages, and technology are. The whole purpose of this buildup is to really stress how strong or powerful the monster truly is once the weapons no longer hurt him, the cages no longer contain him, and the technology cannot overcome him. Jurasic Park is a perfect example of this strategy.
To understand the power of Jesus Christ, we have to first understand the overwhelming strength and power of sin. This power was covered in the last post: Something Big Happened. This something is what C.S. Lewis titles one of his chapters in his famous book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe--Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time. But the MUCH BIGGER event is what he calls the Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time.
"For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:17 NIV)
"For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." (1 Corinthians 15:22)
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." (Romans 3:23-26 ESV)
Something MUCH BIGGER happened when Jesus cried out, "It is finished." Things were finally changing. The new covenant was being revealed.
To understand the power of Jesus Christ, we have to first understand the overwhelming strength and power of sin. This power was covered in the last post: Something Big Happened. This something is what C.S. Lewis titles one of his chapters in his famous book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe--Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time. But the MUCH BIGGER event is what he calls the Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time.
"For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:17 NIV)
"For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." (1 Corinthians 15:22)
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." (Romans 3:23-26 ESV)
Something MUCH BIGGER happened when Jesus cried out, "It is finished." Things were finally changing. The new covenant was being revealed.
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 10:48 PM 
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And so we are amiss if we do not preach sin before we preach redemption. Otherwise, what are they being asked to be saved from?
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