Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Regeneration -in other words Christ in you the hope of glory!!

Yes Adrian I agree, we do not talk enough about this!! There is only one thing I ever want to hear preached ever again - Jesus and Jesus alone. And the very Christ life we have as Christians! This is our only hope of glory, this is the only way to live!! This message needs to be shouted from the rooftops!! (Hey maybe we could start sneaking into churches with megaphones and proclaim the good news - I think the whole of christianity needs to hear this truth and start a revolution!!)


adrianwarnock.com: MLJ MONDAY - The Vital Place of the New Birth

16 comments:

Free Spirit said...

Sneak into churches with megaphones... ?
You want to get stoned or something?
And I'm not talking about drugs.

We could try it... I just still don't think they'll get it, unless Papa shows 'em. :)

lydia said...

Free Spirit ~
It is the only persecution that is worth it!! But of course I jest.......however, I really truly do want to see more christians living in the truth of who they are - somehow this truth has become buried under a silly theological term and does not seem to be really real to many!!!! You are right of course the Holy Spirit needs to lead them into this truth - but who's to say it can't be through us! Much love!!

jul said...

I always wanted to sneak into churches with big guns and say "every real Christian please stand up, the rest of you can leave now" and see how many stayed to be shot. But now I think that's a little morbid and mean.

The megaphone things sounds more in keeping with grace hehe.

lydia said...

Oh dear, my grace nazi friend, heehee..........just a little morbid and mean, ya think........well at least you have passion, and God is faithful to work all things for good, your passion is fierce but wonderful!! .......pfhew, we are always safe in him!! (remind me never to get on your bad side, heehee!)

lydia said...

I think I meant to say fierce and wonderful.........a very good combo when it comes to standing up for truth - in other words, you my friend will not shrink back from the true pure gospel of grace!!!!!

Free Spirit said...

Hey, just for the record, my comment was in jest.
Of course I believe He will use us to live out, and speak out, grace... but mostly to live it out.

If we're truly living it out, it can't help but to pour out of our beings in every way! :)

lydia said...

Oh Free Spirit, I knew you were kidding around........and yes and Amen to what you shared!! Peace to you!

Ursula Kuba said...

Did someone say megaphone...they are handing out megaphones? PASS ME ONE!!!!

lydia said...

Ursula ~ haha, you must be raring to go, the megaphone is all yours girlie, have at it!!!!

Jamie said...

So what if you come in with the big guns and people leave??? Have they forfeited their salvation??? How could they if their actions don't determine theit identity?? Peter denied him thrice.

I ask this because we still want to make it about more than a birth thing; we want to make it a "doing" thing.

And, yes, I know Jesus said if anyone denies Him He will deny them but I want to know do you really think a believers actions determine his/her standing???

lydia said...

RJW ~ NOT AT ALL!! I don't think Julie meant that either by her comment. However, the actions of the Pharisees that are so self righteous in their thinking and doing often cause one to wonder if they are truly saved, although not totally because a lot of us have been there done that. But much of churchianity is religion, not relationship, so one does wonder, (and some people are faking it). Anyway, I think bringing in the big guns was really a response to anger for how the church has missed the whole point, and not so much the people but the mindset behind it all or perhaps it was a crazy thought on how to shake up and wake up the sleepers!! But, I will let Julie speak for herself, though I know she would agree with you!!
However, thank you for your adament reminder to focus on the truth! Sheesh I have yet another grace nazi friend......kidding!! Love you!!

jul said...

Actually Jamie, I used to want to do that as a self-righteous Pharisee. I thought I was pretty spiritual so I would gladly die for Jesus. I was judging the church.

That's why I said "now I think it's a little morbid and mean" and also that I thought the megaphone thing was more in keeping with grace. Just a little hehe.

But now I'd think twice if I still was a legalist about going into Jamie's church with a gun! She's scary when she thinks you're pharisee!

jul said...

Was that any clearer? Don't know if anyone understood what I was saying...

Jamie said...

Sorry, guys...

It's just that someone I love fears that if they somehow in word or deed deny Christ, that He will deny them. As if God doesn't see and know our hearts. It hurts my heart that my friend lives with this qustion in his mind.

I want to know Grace SO BIG that I never even consider myself; I want to be TOTALLY Christ-conscious not self-conscious. I don't want to look at others or myself with anything but Christ's eyes. And for those that JUST DON'T GET IT, I want to undersand that they just don't know how LOVED and GRACED they are in Christ!!

Thank you for graciously accepting my overzealous response!! You are the BEST!!

Living from a place of total acceptence and love gets me a little adamant; is it obvious?? ;)

lydia said...

UM YUP!! I hear ya......

It hurts to see people who don't get it, because for so long I didn't get it, and those years of pain and heartache, oh man, but now that I do know how LOVED and ACCEPTED and SECURE I am, I too can't help but want others to know it too, thus the sneak into churches with a megaphone idea was birthed!!!

jul said...

It's ok Jamie, you made me smile, you had the right response!