13. Looking back

Now as a "New Creature" you will now see things differently.

Without the Bible you are rightfully confused what changes have come about, what changes God imposed when sin entered the world, and what things are the work of evil itself. You have no hope of unscrambling the situation.

After sin came in the world one major thing changed, all life, the universe itself, became subject to a principle (a curse) that made it permanently subject to 'futility' and degrade into 'death'. Now we know Gods nature (from His Law) that there is no evil in this change. How would you like living forever in a 'fallen' world, where evil now lives, lurks, seduces, ensnares, hold captives, murder, lies and hatred have become the rule of operation. Death that God imposed made everything 'in sin' now temporary and fading away.

God communicated more than 300 times that humanity was to encounter a man who would break this curse, he would be God himself in flesh. He would suffer the same as everyone else, endure shame and humiliation and in so doing ensnaring and taking those who were perpetrating evil captive and publicly humiliating them. His death was totally underserving because he did not have in him the stain of sin, and like an innocent lamb allowed his life flow from him, his blood was shed. This death was physical but also involved a separation from God the Father, like a parent loosing their child at the hand of an evil person Jesus was taken from the Father.


Now this moment in history has not seen anything like it before or since. It happened to the Son of God, it happened when he was sentence to death by His people, handed over to Romans to execute him. 100's of books have been written about this moment in history and is captured in the Gospels.

The source of the worlds horrors have been contained, but they have been allowed to run their course for one more season. Jesus demonstrated to all mankind what it means to be a child of God, promised that all who do likewise will be despised in this world, but promised that he has overcome this evil and though it continues to destroy you, mock you, remember it did it to Him first. Yes you will more than likely face death, whether it is by sword or disease, you are called to be a child of God and face evil with his enabling spirit, never again to be without hope, favour, love, acceptance or need, he calls his own to make Him known, and even show people again and again the Gospel of the death of His own son, in you.

Ah the rescue plan has a strange twist, you are still in the world but you are armoured by God's spirit to face all circumstances, however hard, with great joy. Jesus said count the cost. Which will it be, go along with the evil that is in the world, or share in His eternal glory, proclaiming the deeds of God as righteous forever. The rescue plan has built into it the twist that has the recued the choice of their destination! Jesus says that if you reject him, his words, has already chosen his eternity. It is simple but we lament, couldn't God make the decision for us and I avoid the hardships! God wisdom is there to confound the mighty, the intellectual, the proud: only humility, submission to God's plan will bring the eternal reward. Jesus lived it and showed how it works. He said no servant is greater than his master...we must follow through like he did, proclaiming his perfect right to rule and chose his own this way.

The decision looks hard, but look behind, there is nothing back in your life that can bring you eternal life, eternal safety, security, hope.