Sharing Life and Christ

Perhaps it is worth clarifying up front that when I say “God,” I mean the Triune God, the one, true, living God who created all things.   In other words, I’m speaking of the God of the Christian Scriptures, the Bible.   All the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.   He is gloriously good and has no equal.   This is mostly a spur of the moment writing…something to fuel my devotion this morning.  Three is somewhat arbitrary as I could spend the rest of my life writing about the things I find so wonderful about God.  But I also have a few other responsibilities that He has called me to do, so three will be enough for now.  So in no particular order… 1.   God is just.   As my faith grows, I realize more and more how good it is to know and love a just God.  Of course, it’s always good to know that some day all the buttheads who have been mean to me will face their Maker and answer for their words...

Have this mind among yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus… Philippians 2:5 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind… Romans 12:2a When considering the sanctification process, this ongoing cooperative effort between the Holy Spirit and the Christian to be made holy (aka: christlikeness), the Christian’s fundamental obligation must be directed at his/her thought life.  The mind is the most directly-impacted piece of the sanctification puzzle.  And so often, we can neglect our Christian duty to ensure our thinking aligns with that of Christ.  Perhaps even more dangerously, we can erect a phony Jesus made in our own image and then celebrate our way of thinking as one we have received from Christ Himself.  But the God of the Bible is not mocked, nor is He a God who conforms to our sinful wills.  He has made Himself known in the Scriptures…and in the person of Jesus Christ…and without ongoing study of His Wo...