"Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty..." Isaiah 33:17a
There is a sense of separation in our humanity that gnaws at our very souls. We cannot explain it. Some say we are merely separated from each other and need to form strong friendships and bonds. Some say we are merely separated from our inner self and need to self-actualize, or "find yourself". Some say it is because we are separated from the universe and that technology must increase so that we can return to the bosom from which we accidentally sprang forth. Whatever we say, we all agree that we are missing something, something terribly necessary to our humanity; we feel as though we have lost something irreplaceable.
The separation caused by Sin is not stressed enough this day. We hear a great deal about badness and guilt, but very little about separation, and separation touches a deeper chord of our humanity than guilt ever could. Preach to people guilt by sin, and they will scorn your gospel. Preach to the people separation by sin, and you will capture their attention. As Christians, we hold the secret to the great ache of humanity (i.e., the Fall), and the great healing (i.e., the Redemption). Why do we distract people with side eddys?
"We have peace with God," i.e., the end of separation; that is what Christ did for us (Romans 5:1). The triumph of the cross was the overturning of separation with reconciliation, of death with life, of Sin with Holiness. "Thine eyes shall see the King," the wall of separation is broken down. The cross has ground it into dust.
"The void inside
Eats me like a cancer.
Fill this absence
With Your Presence..."
-Jon Vowell
There is a sense of separation in our humanity that gnaws at our very souls. We cannot explain it. Some say we are merely separated from each other and need to form strong friendships and bonds. Some say we are merely separated from our inner self and need to self-actualize, or "find yourself". Some say it is because we are separated from the universe and that technology must increase so that we can return to the bosom from which we accidentally sprang forth. Whatever we say, we all agree that we are missing something, something terribly necessary to our humanity; we feel as though we have lost something irreplaceable.
The separation caused by Sin is not stressed enough this day. We hear a great deal about badness and guilt, but very little about separation, and separation touches a deeper chord of our humanity than guilt ever could. Preach to people guilt by sin, and they will scorn your gospel. Preach to the people separation by sin, and you will capture their attention. As Christians, we hold the secret to the great ache of humanity (i.e., the Fall), and the great healing (i.e., the Redemption). Why do we distract people with side eddys?
"We have peace with God," i.e., the end of separation; that is what Christ did for us (Romans 5:1). The triumph of the cross was the overturning of separation with reconciliation, of death with life, of Sin with Holiness. "Thine eyes shall see the King," the wall of separation is broken down. The cross has ground it into dust.
"The void inside
Eats me like a cancer.
Fill this absence
With Your Presence..."
-Jon Vowell
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Well said.
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