Survival Mode and Redefining Salvation (#967)
Today's podcast is a double-feature, at no extra charge. After a medical update, Kyle invites Wayne into a conversation about preserving relationship when you're in survival mode and don't have a lot of energy to give. Then, Wayne invites Kyle back to the justice/righteousness conversation as he and Tobie are considering writing a booklet about what it means to be saved. For many of us the first "gospel" we heard was, "You are a dirty sinner who is going to hell if you don't repent and turn your life over to God." But does that really say it? Looking for a fresh way to describe the Gospel, Wayne suggests, "The purpose of God is to win you into his love so, he can fill you with his Life and set you free from the narcissism of flesh. Then, you'll be able to live in God's justice by treating others the way you want to be treated, and thus become an expression of God's kingdom in a world of chaos." We are looking for simple wording that can unpack the reality of the Gospel, apart from human effort and inside the magnificent love of the Creator.
Podcast Notes:
- The video recording of this podcast.
- The podcast that began our discussion of righteousness and justice.
- Seeing Sin as Trauma
- Read Wayne's newest book, It's Time
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So I started looking into that word “justice” in the Old Testament and was really gob-smacked by Exodus 23:2.
“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.”
Of course it’s not easy to “Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone, Dare to have a purpose firm and Dare to make it known.”
Thanks so much for your conversation today>
The purpose of God is to win you back into his love so, he can re-engage (fill) you with his Life and set you free from the developed narcissism of flesh. Then, you’ll be free (able) to live in God’s justice by treating others the way you want to be treated, and thus become an expression of God’s kingdom in a world of chaos.
The changes above are because I believe we were created in His love and lost our ability to live in it at the time of the fall. So I believe He is winning us back into that love and re-engaging us with the life we were created into.