Here is some thoughts, ideas, scriptures shared in our journey toward living the best possible kind of life.
See Genesis 1.
Genesis 1 is this beautiful creation poem. Good…good…good…
Genesis 2:18 says, “God said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone;”
Break in the rhythm…its all good…and then something about a person being alone that is not good…something about loneliness…tragedy and suffering…tragedy and suffering alone…something about loneliness…somebody left you…taps into something deep…as bad as it gets…our primal origin…loneliness is the first thing God said is not good…
The flip side…somebody saying they won’t leave…or I’ve been there…telling their story and its your story…they understand…I could have sworn I’m totally crazy in this feeling…and you realize you’re not the only crazy one…somebody voices something that you have been feeling all along…a music album…that puts words and sound to you…powerful words, ME TOO…yes I’m not alone…when somebody joins us understands gets it…and when somebody puts in word what is a loose rumbling in your soul…loneliness is not good…loneliness is conquered with connection…you’ve gone through something terrible and somebody committed to going through it with you
See Hebrews 4:15-16 - The High Priest Who Cried Out in Pain.
Does God know what it’s like?
Jesus is the high priest…he knows what we’re going through…early Christian belief was that God came to earth…god in the flesh…knows what it’s like…
John 1:14 says, “14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only [Son], who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
14The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.
Jesus is showing us what God is like…love, compassion, passion, patience, kindness, etc.
See Hebrews 12:1-3.
The one who came among us…who understand…knows what we’re going through…
Endured, to go through the worst kind of suffering possible, betrayed, denied, spit on, slapped, mocked, insulted, falsely accused, condemned, humiliated, scorned, killed
In addition to knowing what’s its like to be human…he knows what its like to suffer
The God who knows what its like…not distant…someplace else…waiting up there…not sitting up above with a beard…crash in like a parent at a high school party…on the cross…I know how you feel…”you don’t know what its like”, yes I do
See John 14:9-14.
Do you want to know what God is like…look to me…God is working through me…living in me doing his work…God took on flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood…living in and working through what God is like…in my actions and words what God is like
Incarnation – in the flesh, personification, embodiment, manifestation, materialization, living form
God coming among us taking on flesh and blood
The first Christians didn’t stop there…this historical moment had endless ramifications that went on to today…not a one time historical event…it had implications for everyone of Jesus’ followers
See I Cor. 6:19.
The group of you it’s a plural…speaking to a community of people…god lives in your midst…he lives there…living in you…working through you…same language…all of you working together…a body of followers…a body of Jesus
See I Cor. 12:12-13.
You are Christ's body—that's who you are! You must never forget this.
Like a body…something to add…everybody does its part…you would be acting like Jesus…you are a temple…as you act and speak…you as followers of Jesus are showing the world what Jesus is like…they would get a sense of what God is like…If you were there loving serving accepting…if they came into the group…they would see what Jesus is like…the same way that God is present in Jesus…Jesus is present in us
That is the point of the incarnation…God came into the world and screamed alongside of us
I’m thirsty, forsaken me, I don’t want to do this, wrestling, sweating drops of blood,
God is not distant, removed, knows what its like, present
God loves to show up dressed as people…and he’ll show up looking like someone you least expected…he has know concept of favoritism, status, prestige…that why we are like a temple of God…we have the potential to show the world what God is like…Jesus showed God in the flesh, now you show Jesus in the flesh…Jesus looks an awful lot like you…
We don’t sit around passively…we are the temple, the body, Jesus on display, making an appearance that looks like you
Incarnational possibilities…developing radar for when God wants to show up…they were like Jesus to me…at the moment they needed it…god showed up…
If you keep the cross a one time historical event we are robbing it of its mystery and power…the incarnation…a God who shows up…and you have the opportunity to put this in action…
Be-Incarnation – God shows up as people, show the world what I am like…Jesus is teaching us Be-Incarnation…simply trying to act like Jesus in the world…orienting your life how god is…
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