Put Meat On
04/30/08 08:47 AM
This past Sunday, in our series through
Philippians, my message was from Philippians 2:5-11. It's
one of the greatest passages in the Bible that
describes who Jesus is and what He came to do.
Honestly, I think I could preach from this
passage for weeks. It's all about the
incarnation - God became flesh.
Well, it just so happens that I ran across a great blog post this week from Vince Antonucci, Pastor of Forefront Church in Virginia Beach about this very topic. I'd like to share an excerpt with you:
Well, when God wanted everyone to know the good news that He loved them and desired a relationship, what did He do? He became human. Why? Because God wanted to connect with us, and the most effective way to relate to us was to become one of us. Theologians call this the “incarnation.” Incarnation basically means “to put meat on.” God, who is spirit, took on flesh and moved into our neighborhood so we could relate to Him, so that He could effectively share the good news with us.
This is the task of all of us who follows Jesus. We are to share the good news of God’s love and desire for a relationship with everyone. And so we need to figure out how to connect with people. What is the most effective way to relate to people so we can share the good news with them? Seriously - you need to figure that out. How should you do that at your workplace? At your kid’s Little League field? In your school? With your neighbors?
Wow! Coastal, that's it. That's what we are called to do - to be the incarnation of Christ in this world! Christ came into our "neighborhood" and now we are to take Christ into ours! We exist to share and experience LIFE!
Well, it just so happens that I ran across a great blog post this week from Vince Antonucci, Pastor of Forefront Church in Virginia Beach about this very topic. I'd like to share an excerpt with you:
Well, when God wanted everyone to know the good news that He loved them and desired a relationship, what did He do? He became human. Why? Because God wanted to connect with us, and the most effective way to relate to us was to become one of us. Theologians call this the “incarnation.” Incarnation basically means “to put meat on.” God, who is spirit, took on flesh and moved into our neighborhood so we could relate to Him, so that He could effectively share the good news with us.
This is the task of all of us who follows Jesus. We are to share the good news of God’s love and desire for a relationship with everyone. And so we need to figure out how to connect with people. What is the most effective way to relate to people so we can share the good news with them? Seriously - you need to figure that out. How should you do that at your workplace? At your kid’s Little League field? In your school? With your neighbors?
Wow! Coastal, that's it. That's what we are called to do - to be the incarnation of Christ in this world! Christ came into our "neighborhood" and now we are to take Christ into ours! We exist to share and experience LIFE!
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