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Thursday, November 18, 2010

What Gives??

Recently, i had a dream about the cross, I'd like to share it, here goes: I dreamt that I was on a hill overlooking a vast landscape, like looking at an empty desert. However, this desert wasn't empty, it was filled with thousands of people, maybe millions, and they were all facing away from me, focusing intently on something in the distance. So out of curiosity, i decided to find out what they were focusing on, and made my way down the hill, and through the crowd. After some considerable shuffling, and walking through this sea of people, I was able to make out what they were looking at; It was a huge cross, a very white and polished cross, and as i got closer, i could see that this was a massive cross, towering over everything,and everyone. Continuing on to the front of the mob, i finally made my way to the foot of the cross. When i got to the foot of the cross, i noticed something very odd. When i looked to the left, or the right, i could see that everyone was staring at the cross, along with the ones behind me. The odd thing was, there wasn't anyone standing on the other side, or the backside of the cross. This made me pause to ponder why. I knew that the cross represented Jesus, the sacrifice He made, the shedding of His blood, that purified us, forgave us, and justified us, and made us righteous, and Holy, sanctifying us, and presenting us to the Father, salvation. All of this occurred at the front, or foot of the cross where everyone was focusing on. I asked myself, what's on the otherside of the cross? The first answer: 1. The ressurection, 2. The ascension of christ, 3. The giving of the Holy Spirit, 4. The beginning of the church, 5. How the church functioned. (in unity) etc. What's wrong with this picture? Without the resurrection of christ, nothing at the front of the cross matters unless it is fulfilled, and sealed by the resurrection of christ. If christ doen't ascend to the Father, we don't get the Holy Spirit to govern us. Without the Holy Spirit living in us, we cannot grow as the body of christ. Neither can we be salt, and light to this world. Neither can we conquer sin, neither can we bear one anothers burdens. If we don't step on the otherside of the cross, and live on the otherside, we cannot function, or even understand how to function as citizens of the Kingdom of God. The gospel is the good news of the kingdom of God, telling us what we need to do in order to be reconciled to a relationship with our King, Father, God. Once we believe Jesus,repent, and are baptized, receiving the Holy Spirit, then the gospel has accomplished its purpose in us. The gospel leads us to the cross, the Holy Spirit leads us to choose christ, and then He helps us, by teaching us how to live in Christ, on the other side of the cross, in the kingdom of God. If we are true believers of Jesus, lets take that big step to the otherside of the cross.