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IT’S A WONDERFUL DEATH!*
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is a movie classic. The main character, George Bailey, is allowed to see what life would have been like for his family and hometown if he had never been born. I want to take an odd twist on that story.
Imagine what it would be like if Jesus had been born, but never CRUCIFIED.
Imagine if:
Jesus came to Earth
Lived a perfect life
Told us about the Father and the Kingdom
Chose his disciples and sent them out,
But then just went back to heaven without being crucified - without being raised from the dead.
Imagine what that would be like. Imagine trying to “live the Christian life” if Jesus had never been crucified.
Unfortunately, it is not hard to imagine at all. It is not hard to imagine because that is the way we often live. We lose sight of the cross, but still try to “live the Christian life.”
We do not live that way intentionally. We do not realize we are living that way. Living under the hex is when we try to do life with God as if Jesus lived and taught, but never died for us.
The great news in Bedford Falls and every other place is that Jesus Christ did not JUST come to Earth, live a perfect life, teach us about the Father and go back to heaven.
He was also crucified for us and as us. He took our weakness and sin and shame to the cross. He took the old way of religious effort to the cross.
If you keep asking God to forgive you,
If you keep trying to get closer to God,
If you keep trying to die to self,
If you keep trying to get more blessings from God,
If you keep fearing God’s judgment,
You are living as if the cross never happened.
Jesus Christ rose again and opened a NEW WAY of life with God! Christ now lives in us. On this side of the cross, He is our Christian life!
We do not live with God by rules and obligations on the outside. That was nailed to the cross. Now, Christ lives in us.
Do not try to do life with God as if the cross never happened, as if Jesus never died. Do not lose sight of the cross today. It’s a wonderful death!
*Adapted from chapter 6 of Breaking the Hex, Life With God After the Cross Killed Religion, by mediocre-selling authors Roger Fields and Jeff Fields. ? (Their words not mine! - Walter S.)
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is a movie classic. The main character, George Bailey, is allowed to see what life would have been like for his family and hometown if he had never been born. I want to take an odd twist on that story.
Imagine what it would be like if Jesus had been born, but never CRUCIFIED.
Imagine if:
Jesus came to Earth
Lived a perfect life
Told us about the Father and the Kingdom
Chose his disciples and sent them out,
But then just went back to heaven without being crucified - without being raised from the dead.
Imagine what that would be like. Imagine trying to “live the Christian life” if Jesus had never been crucified.
Unfortunately, it is not hard to imagine at all. It is not hard to imagine because that is the way we often live. We lose sight of the cross, but still try to “live the Christian life.”
We do not live that way intentionally. We do not realize we are living that way. Living under the hex is when we try to do life with God as if Jesus lived and taught, but never died for us.
The great news in Bedford Falls and every other place is that Jesus Christ did not JUST come to Earth, live a perfect life, teach us about the Father and go back to heaven.
He was also crucified for us and as us. He took our weakness and sin and shame to the cross. He took the old way of religious effort to the cross.
If you keep asking God to forgive you,
If you keep trying to get closer to God,
If you keep trying to die to self,
If you keep trying to get more blessings from God,
If you keep fearing God’s judgment,
You are living as if the cross never happened.
Jesus Christ rose again and opened a NEW WAY of life with God! Christ now lives in us. On this side of the cross, He is our Christian life!
We do not live with God by rules and obligations on the outside. That was nailed to the cross. Now, Christ lives in us.
Do not try to do life with God as if the cross never happened, as if Jesus never died. Do not lose sight of the cross today. It’s a wonderful death!
*Adapted from chapter 6 of Breaking the Hex, Life With God After the Cross Killed Religion, by mediocre-selling authors Roger Fields and Jeff Fields. ? (Their words not mine! - Walter S.)