If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more:
circumcised on the eighth day,
of the people of Israel,
of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew of Hebrews
in regard to the law, a Pharisee
as for zeal, persecuting the church
as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
Philippians 3:4-7 NIV
Paul was at the top of the religious hierarchy, if anyone could be saved by their effort and religious activity it was him. Years of training, study & effort...even the right bloodline...yet...it meant nothing now he knows Jesus.
How easy is it to let our religious observance or activity replace Jesus...
#jesusatthecentre
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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