Saturday, September 3, 2011

"The Creature" part 1

"Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist: and He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn of the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence." (Colossians 1:15-18) Do you know what thought came to my mind after reading this? Casting Crowns! Yes, that might not make any sense now, but it will later!!! That is what we will do in heaven, as we stand before Him and marvel at all that He has done! Through Him; by Him; for Him; in Him; and then, finally, we shall be with Him; and there will be nothing else that we can do, but cast our crowns at His feet in awesome wonder and amazement. I know that I have spoken of this before, but I feel torn to the heart that I must open this up for discussion once again: "And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder." (Mark 10:8 & 9) I know that this portion of Scripture has to do with marriage, and it was Jesus answering the Pharisees on the bill of divorcement; but please bear with me as I ponder something about this New Creature in Christ. There are a couple of ways that God creates things: speaking them into existence is one; but forming them into something from something else is another; either way, God is still making something which was not preexisting. However, there might have been an exception: something that was created, which always was! It is this exception that has changed the shape of all that was before; therefore, when we are speaking about "and they twain shall be one flesh", we are speaking about something which cannot be separated...

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