Made Just by Love (#980)
What would the church look like today if it had been less preoccupied with getting its theology right and more in touch with what it meant to be loved by God and live out of that love in the world? When we put the life of Jesus into institutional systems, we gravitated toward conformity of thought and practice instead of helping people discover the reality of love and its transforming nature. Kyle and Wayne explore the idea that justification is not a declaration by Jesus of our righteousness but the process by which love changes us internally so we live as just people. Is that how we were meant to participate in his kingdom.
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About the estrangement of the Nicean Creed from the Sermon on the Mount, I find this helpful.
The Greek mindset, which we have today, sees the body and soul as two distinct entities.
Likewise, belief and actions are seen as two distinct things.
We can, and do, believe one thing and do another.
The Hebrew mindset sees the body, spirit and soul as one integrated whole.
Likewise, belief and actions always have to agree, seems how it is all one thing. What you believe you do, and what you do you believe.
What we believe is who we are is what we do!
Faith is understood by Jews as obedience.
If you ask a Jew, Do you believe in God? They understand it as, Are you obedient to what God is saying.
Likewise, If you ask a Jew, Are you obedient to what God is saying? They understand it as, Do you believe in God?
There is no delineation between belief and action.
If I believe it I do it – If I do it I believe it!
Can God in any way act in a way that departs from His nature? No!
Does His character differ from His actions? No!
Likewise, we are tri-part beings born of Him, new creations in His nature and His DNA.