BE-lieve & BE Baptised

The topic is baptism,

The message is immerse,

The problem is not how,

Nor is the criticism why,

Because the Way is through faith,

and in the Lord, Jesus the Christ!

So some to the River.

RE – WordeD

Today we looked at the prefix RE and words that have a Kingdom message through them.

Re means anew, afresh or once more.

We serve a God of New beginnings, fresh starts and once more.

He does not expect perfection from us, and does not love us conditionally.

He died for our sins before we committed any and,

accepts us despite our inability to be consistent.

Re-produce

24The truth is, a kernel of wheat must be planted in the soil. Unless it dies it will be alone � a single seed.

Mark 6:7 – And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority to cast out evil spirits.

7 It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow

Psalm 92:12But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. 13For they are transplanted into the LORD’s own house.

Look around you! Vast fields are ripening all around us and are ready now for the harvest.

The Radical Mystery

In closing:

We’re in tension with the Kingdom and the world.

We’re in the radical middle of orthodoxy and Experience.

We’re in confrontation with all extreme positions while radically holding on to ours.

That Christ is the centre of it all and that Mystery is underscored by His love.

Without it we can do nothing of eternal consequence.

But!!! Christ is risen!

tHE raDical comBusTion

Holding in tension the Word and Spirit.

We start by reading the Word.

We rethink and contemplate: meditate.

Then we consider the truth.

We need to be inspired to receive revelation.

The Holy Spirit brings to memory what we’ve received.

In a moment of spontaneity, we give it away.

The Radical Middle

Theology is a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of a particular theory and policy.

The first generation goes forth on its own, to conquer new ground and blaze a glorious trail for reformation.

The second generation takes the helm, anxious to continue in the proud and honorable tradition of their fathers.

The third generation is focused more on perpetuating the organization, and less on the theological issues which actually created the movement in the first place.

When the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. we can us ‘Either or’ language – as oposed- to ‘also and’ language

An Inconvenient Truth

Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought. It opposes the TRUTH that:

Colossians 1-2

1:24 His body, which is the church,

1:25 preaching the word of God, 26 that is, the mystery

1:27 the mystery , which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

1: 28 We proclaim Him,

1: 29 For this purpose also I labour

2:6 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.