How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. (Ephesians 1:3 MSG)
The Real Me (The Real Us)
We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God's original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels-everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe-people and things, animals and atoms-get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross. (Colossians 1:15-20 MSG)
The concept of reconciliation - using the industry of financial management to convey BENCHMARKS - the importance of standards
As disciples, the BENCHMARK is the cross. It is the standard and doesn't lie - it's 'actual.'
The world asks us to compare ourselves - we do this very naturally / we size ourselves up with others (neighbors, friends, etc...)
The CROSS must be our one and only standard - size ourselves up to that moment, that sacrifice, that LOVE from and for God!
What happens in our lives when we Do Not follow the cross as our standard? How do we pull ourselves back into the fold when we do?
Talk to our brothers and sisters and BE RECONCILED. Don't stay AWAY from the cross. We don't have to wait or compete with God's grace and his loving peacefulness.
We were made in His image and his likeness - not just in a purely physical manner... In all ways. Cling to Him, His truth, and His sacrifice for each of us - the CROSS.
The Real Me (The Real Us)
We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God's original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels-everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe-people and things, animals and atoms-get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross. (Colossians 1:15-20 MSG)
The concept of reconciliation - using the industry of financial management to convey BENCHMARKS - the importance of standards
As disciples, the BENCHMARK is the cross. It is the standard and doesn't lie - it's 'actual.'
The world asks us to compare ourselves - we do this very naturally / we size ourselves up with others (neighbors, friends, etc...)
The CROSS must be our one and only standard - size ourselves up to that moment, that sacrifice, that LOVE from and for God!
What happens in our lives when we Do Not follow the cross as our standard? How do we pull ourselves back into the fold when we do?
Talk to our brothers and sisters and BE RECONCILED. Don't stay AWAY from the cross. We don't have to wait or compete with God's grace and his loving peacefulness.
We were made in His image and his likeness - not just in a purely physical manner... In all ways. Cling to Him, His truth, and His sacrifice for each of us - the CROSS.
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