Something to ponder.. Happy New Year Folks.. But how about a Happy New Life? =)
"A beloved professor of mine spoke of Christian conversion as a verb that arrives in several tenses. We have been justified, we are being sanctified, and we will be glorified. That is to say, on the Cross, Christ became our sacrifice, and the work is finished. God has declared his children righteous because we are united to his Son. But Christ is also our moral influence, the message of the gospel is transformational, and we are continually being sanctified through the Holy Spirit. To the one who has been united with the Son, the daily indwelling of Christ is a gift and a sign of the message that is presently being worked within us. Furthermore, what a Christian will be in Christ through the process of sanctification and the promise of justification has not yet been fully revealed, but there are signs all around of the hope and glory that is to come in Christ Jesus.
The Incarnation boldly assures us that Christ is always near. He can come nearer still and forgive you completely and instantaneously. He will also walk with you over a lifetime, transforming and shaping you according to the will of God. Whether by fire, water, or Spirit, in an instance of spiritual certainty or a lifetime of wordless mystery, Christ comes near not to beckon better children but to make new creations. "
Jill Caratinni - A Slice of Infinity, RZIM.
My little feet left footprints
on Tuesday, January 5, 2010; 1:20 PM
