Good News

There is good news about death, life and living.

The good news about death is that it brings true life. The good news about life is that it is an abundance of it. The good news about living is the Sonship that comes along with it.

Mind Control

I'm working on downloading a Torrent right now. We've been at it off and on since Sunday night. It's not that I have a slow computer (though my connection speed is nothing to be coveted). It's just that almost no one else has the file I want, so I am at the mercy of whomever has it and most of them turn their computers off when they leave work.

Yesterday we decided to let it run. In the background we had our Torrent program running all day and all night. Sure, we were doing other things, running other programs, even downloading other files. All the while, we chipped away at this Torrent. We finally set a dedicated download.

I don't know. Maybe that's a good example of setting your mind on something. If that's the case than here recently I've set my mind on getting a well paying, part time job and starting my own company. So, I guess I've been walking according to the flesh... in the desire for money.

I want to walk according to the Spirit... in the pursuit of God. I want to set my mind on things of the Spirit. (Rm 8:5) And I want this to finish downloading too.

I Do

I shouldn't, but I do.
.....I don't have to, but I do.
..........I don't want to, but I do.

Why? Because my flesh is weak. And when I let sin live (yet again) in my flesh the law is there to point it out. The law is actually very good at convicting me. And it certainly has its work cut out for it. I talk and type about how I am free, and I am. I am spiritual, theologically and theoretically free. However, I am applicably stupid. (Free to make mistakes, right? Sure. I just wish these were different mistakes.)

I am weak in that I cannot live up to the law. The law is weak in that it cannot bring salvation. But what the law could never do Christ has already done by sending His Son in the likeness of sin as an offering for sin in condemnation of sin. (Rm 8:3)

Stupid and free? That's me! The law fulfilled, my sin condemned, my flesh left for dead, my life anew, my walk like that of a staggering drunk but my destination unchanged. I am headed toward the likeness of Christ for the glory of God. I believe I'll get there soon... I do.

It's Alive

I'm pro-life-- and not just for babies either. I believe in peace over war, forgiveness over violence, redemption over vengeance, adoption over abortion.

I'm pro-life-- and not just for politics either. I believe in the Spirit over sin, grace over legalism, victory over defeat, heaven on earth.

I love the movie Young Frankenstein. It is a Mel Brooks classic "in beautiful black and white." There is a scene where Igor and the Professor have dug up a body and are wheeling it down the road in its coffin. A (Constable?) lawman of some kind stops them to introduce himself just as the dead man's arm breaks loose from its sepulcher. The professor pretends like nothing is wrong and this lifeless appendage is rather ordinary-- a part of who he is. He shakes hands and carries on his merry way.

I for one am tired of carrying around a dead man pretending nothing is wrong. I believe we should not shackle ourselves to the dead, claiming them our cross to bear. My cross is one of sacrifice on which I put that sinful man to death only that I might hence forth truly live--rather that Christ might live through me.

The law of the Spirit of life has freed us from the law of sin and of death. (Rm 8:2)

Innocent, I Tell You

While my family sleeps on the other end of the house, I want to take this opportunity to bask in the goodness of the Lord. There is a... I don't know ...a freedom in Him. There is safety--no. Not safety. (God is always good, but never safe.) There is security, acceptance, maybe innocence in Christ. I don't have to cover up, skip over or circumvent any area of my life or my being with Him. I can be me, and He doesn't condemn me for it.

There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Rm 8:1)

I can rest in Christ-- sealed by His atonement, covered by His blood, imputed with His righteousness. In Him I can finally be me. I can be who He created me to be. I can show my scars and my warts; I can scratch and fart; I can even fall down and cry.

My work maybe full of cracks and holes. (Gn 6:14) My sacrifice maybe repugnant. (Ps 51:16) My righteousness maybe like a used tampon. (Is 64:6) But my God finds no fault in me. He sees the blood of His Son around me and the life of His Spirit inside me. I am not only forgiven, I am innocent!

I have nothing to hide for I am in Christ Jesus.