Believable III

 The proclamation of Jesus Christ is a proclamation of the gospel of God.  It is not just a proclamation about a baby that was miraculously conceived.  It is not just the proclamation of a wise and moral teacher who has come to show us what God had in mind all along.  It is not only the proclamation of the Son of Man who was with God, from God, but came to be God with us.  It was not only a surprising proclamation about a Suffering Servant who would take on the sins of the world and pay our ransomed. It is not just the proclamation of a resurrected Jesus who went back to Father in glory.  While all of those are true, there is even more.

The proclamation of Jesus Christ is a proclamation about a kingdom and its King.  He is the King of King, and the Lord of Lords.  Yet as we look around it is difficult to see his reign.  His enemies seem to be increasing not decreasing.  Christianity seems to be in decline and defeat?  Chaos is growing, and how can this be if indeed the King has come?  How can we believe this?  Because He told us in advance that this would come.

In Believable III we will look at final proclamation about Jesus.  It is how it all ends up.  It is a proclamation about the future of God, the future of man, and the completed plan for restoring creation so we can enter into the age to come.  While there is great diversity of opinion regarding the events that are on the way, that should not cause us to shy away from proclaiming it.  In fact, just as in all things where there is diversity in Christian understanding, we discover the source of that diversity is the decision one makes on just a few key scriptures.  This week we will begin to look at some of those very scriptures and how they help reveal our King who was and is and is yet to come.

Hope to see you at church.

Pastor Chris