Creation part 2
Here's my thought for today: There was (and is) nothing wrong with creation. In the Genesis account, every time God created something He saw that it was good. And the first thing He saw that was good comes in Genesis 1:4, "And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." See, that's the key right there. When God created the heaven and earth it was dark and void and without form... but it wasn't bad. Humanity--before, during, and after the cross--isn't bad. The thing is: when it's dark you can't see. When there's a void it needs to be filled. If you're without form you need to be CONFORMED. And that's what the cross didn't. The cross did NOT change us into something God could love. He already loved us. He always has and He always will. What the cross did was it changed us into something that could RECEIVE God's love. See... what really happened when man "fell" is that he lost his mind. He didn't know who God was, and since he was made in God's image he didn't know who HE was. That's why the serpent's lie was so easy to swallow: Do in order to be. "I want to be like God but I'm not like him. I'll get enough knowledge of good and evil, and then I'll be able to stop doing evil, do good, and be like God." Man didn't know who he was. But that didn't change who he was. Being lost doesn't mean you're damned. It simply means you don't know who you are, where you are, or why you're here. Which is why God spoke into His creation. He spoke the Word--love, light, Jesus--and saw that it was good. Right from the beginning there was a more excellent way. We can stumble around in the dark, with a lost carnal mind, or we can embrace the light that shines in us. The light that shines THROUGH us. And when the light shines, that's when we can see clearly. That's when we let the mind of Christ that's in us BE in us. That's when the Finished Work of the cross--when everything was made new--begins to manifest in our lives. Not when we try to change things, but when we receive the truth that things have already changed. Not when we try to create something--remember death AND life is in the power of the tongue, we are justified OR condemned by our words--but when we embrace the creation of our Father. God made all things new. He didn't make all new things. There was nothing wrong with us from God's point of view. The problem was in OUR point of view. We viewed ourselves, and God, through the veil of sin and the Law. Through the veil of the Old Covenant. Through the idea of doing in order to be. Performance based religion makes sense to the carnal mind. But there's a more excellent way. It's not laws you keep, it's a life that keeps you. It's not about what you do it's about what Jesus did both for you and as you. We create our own reality by what we believe. And when we believe in Jesus--that we ARE Jesus--then the true reality of God's creation comes forth in us and through us and as us! He is our Father and we are His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. Daddy loves us!