...to have a life-changing experience.
This last weekend was spent at a Men's Retreat learning more about Jesus and at a friend's church seeing how awesome Jesus has been in my friend's life. Brad Knueven got baptised and I got to hear some basic truths about the Christian's identity in Christ from an evangelist named John Hobbs (I think it's Hobbs).
John spoke on the subject of the identity of the flesh-man vs the spirit-man. (you can interchange man with woman in that statement of course) Using Scripture from all over the word (starting with Proverbs 3:5-6), John reminded us that we have been crucified with Christ, therefore we no longer live, but Christ lives in us (the spirit-man). Our destiny is not to be flesh-people trying to have a spiritual experience, but spiritual people surviving in a human experience. There is so much detail to this story that I can't give it justice but I walked away with an understanding of how I can know Jesus more, release people of expectations (because expectations 'can' be a form of bondage for ourselves and those we place the expectations on) and the need to wait on God. Our spirit-man needs to wait on God in order to be fed. If the spirit-man is not fed, the flesh-man will take over, but if the spirit-man is fed then the spirit-man (under the Lordship of Jesus) will rule. If anyone wants to know more about it, just let me know and I can even look at getting you the cds. Lifechanging truth.
The visit to Buckhead was spectacular as well. I was so tired from the trip there that I thought I would have a hard time enjoying the visit. However, once we arrived, Brad and all of his friends at Buckhead didn't fail to show us the love and friendliness of Christ. People there are passionate about Jesus and it was so refreshing to meet so many people who were passionate about our Savior. Brad's baptism was great and another chapter in Brad's amazing story of God's redeeming grace in Jesus. As if all that wasn't enough, a man preached a paradigm-shifting message on the reality of Heaven. Heaven isn't a bunch of floating cloads, or us sitting around playing harps all day. However, in Scripture (both the Old and New Testament) God speaks of creating a new heaven and a new earth. (The greek here basically means a new 'universe' including a new 'earth'.) The ramifications of this truth is comes down to how through this truth, Heaven is relevant to our every day life.
Check it out here at Buckhead's site: http://www.buckheadchurch.org/messages
The sermon is entitled 'Heaven or Bust: Part 1'. It's not very long but it is so, so good. Praise Jesus.
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