tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113167904306795307.post8028372302813735563..comments2023-03-23T08:47:40.689-04:00Comments on romance: Revelation: ExplanationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04587843105722618653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9113167904306795307.post-34652454975277002612010-02-25T00:52:23.230-05:002010-02-25T00:52:23.230-05:00Lucy,
I really enjoyed reading this. What many of ...Lucy,<br />I really enjoyed reading this. What many of us think is that we have some place in the Gospel for ourselves, that some part of it is up to us. But we couldn't be more wrong! Revelation emphasizes the fact that Jesus finished it...something that we need to know and remind ourselves every day. As believers, our status before God changes. We are called to ministry, obedience, etc., but not doing these things doesn't make us any less His. I feel like in many church sermons these days I am hearing about how I need to have longer quiet times, or I shouldn't EVER stumble--these applications come with no justification from the word and no emphasis on grace. Just thinking that there are certain things required for me to do or say or think in order to be a Christian would make me crazy. The Gospel is for us to receive, not take part in...because it's already been done! This is something Revelation helps me to understand because of its finality. It's more than just a punctuation mark at the end of the Bible.<br /><br />I love the love vs. war analogy and your thoughts on perspective. It's a good way to help my mind wrap around something: when we become believers God doesn't change, but He changes us. And like I said before, that doesn't involve works or deeds from us...we can't validate what He did on the cross. He did it. It's done. We read this everywhere in the word, but Revelation truly needs to be studied and examined because its sureness of the Gospel is evident just in the fact that it exists--that the Lord provided us with the outcome of the war! <br /><br />Keep this up! I'm loving being discipled by you via blog :) xoxoMegen Hesliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10447458169328374855noreply@blogger.com