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A little eloquence from Matt Chandler, talking about our amazing Jesus.

 

“‘He is the image’—this is Jesus—’of the invisible God…’ Everything you could ever want to know about God, what pleases Him, what He enjoys, what bothers Him, the character of God,  what you want to know about God—this God that has not been seen, not been touched—Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

‘..the firstborn of all creation.  For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.’  

 

Everything was created for Him.  Every star.  Every tree.  The wind.  Your house.  Money.  Body.  Everything created for Jesus.  He is preeminent.  He sits at the top.  All things are about Him.

‘And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.  He is the head of the body the church.  He is the firstborn from the dead that in everything He might be preeminent.’  Top.  Nothing above Him.   Nothing else to gain.  Nothing else to get.  The goal, the end—what it’s all about, is Jesus.

 

I’m going to try to combat something as best I can here.

Following Jesus is not going to make you wealthy. 

Following Jesus does not guarantee that you’re going to be healthy.

 

The message of Scripture and the gospel of Christ is not that in following Him, everything will go right, but that He is enough, no matter what happens.  That’s the message of the Gospel—not that everything’s going to be ok.

 

            And it’s maddening to me that the prosperity gospel is so unbelievably popular to people who then have to completely disregard Scripture as well as Christian history.

Every apostle in the Bible dies bad.  I mean, bad.  They don’t like stumble in the street and get run over by a car.  They get beheaded.  They get crucified upside down.  They get boiled in oil.  They die poor.  And they’re slaughtered.  Spurgeon, the prince of preachers, struggles with depression his whole life and then dies.  Christianity has been built and has carried through the generations on the blood of men.  Not on the wealth.  This is an absurd idea that would make Christ not pre-eminent but what He can give you pre-eminent.  That is not Christianity.   That is something entirely different.  It’s a ridiculous notion.

Jesus is enough.  He’s enough.  He’s enough.  We pursue healing.  Maybe we get it, and maybe we don’t.  He’s enough if we don’t.  This is the message: that Jesus is sufficient.

            In Acts, the apostles get arrested, and this court says, ‘If you don’t quit this preaching stuff, if you don’t quit talking about Jesus, we’re going to beat you to death.’  And the response was simple: ‘Do what you think is right.  As for us, we cannot help but speak about what we have seen and heard.’  And they beat the mess out them, and released them, and they did what?  Rejoiced.  They got beaten nearly to death.  This is the fruit of the gospel in their lives—beatings.

            So it seems that Jesus can transcend the most horrific circumstances.

This is not what Jesus can get you.  It’s just about Jesus.  He is enough.  That’s the message.” 

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hey becca! myspace fucking hates your guts.

go kill yourself please.