(Author’s note: I am greatly indebted to the work and ministry of Norm Funk [previously of Westside Church, Vancouver], particularly in regard to this sermon. Norm’s exegetical insights and cultural…
Is family everything? Or is Jesus everything?
If anyone is in Christ, He is already a part of that New Creation. The old has already passed away. What God is one day going to do for all Creation, He has already done for us.
Jesus, being fully God and fully man, is the only person who can be the main character of the Bible. He does what men should have done but failed to do, and He does what only God can do. From first to last, He holds the centre stage.
When the Word became flesh, Jesus replaced the temple. He became the way in which God dwelt with His people. Not in a building, but in a person.
Before the beginning, there was God, enjoying the perfect relationship of the Trinity. Our destiny is to be included in this love, forever.