Encontrar o império com um Christ deu forma à imaginação para o mundo
Escrito por Daniel Tidwell: Novembro 29, 2007
O deus convida-nos no communion através de Christ. O deus inscreve nosso mundo no incarnation, e continua a criar e entre em nós. Não somente isto, mas o deus convida-nos com o espírito do deus no incarnation de Christ. Enquanto nós incorporamos o communion de Christ então nós transformamo-nos o corpo de Christ no mundo. Nós somos oferecidos como o communion do deus ao mundo, convidando o mundo no relacionamento com deus.
Mas que sobre o brokenness e o sin?
O Sin messes com a comunidade (communion) que nós temos com deus. Contudo o deus continua a oferecer a parte traseira da comunidade ao mundo. Assim então, de uma compreensão sacramental, communion é prendido dentro do Christianity (aos graus variando) como meios do grace do deus.
Se em Christ nós formos oferecidos como o communion ao mundo, nós estamos chamados para cruzar-se com o problema do sin. Mas que a interseção com sin olha como? Eu não sou convencido que a lente preliminar deve ser sobre a punição, a culpa, ou a substituição penal. Instead, eu acredito que o paradigm chave é reconciliation através de Jesus Christ.
Jesus ofereceu a língua para pensar sobre o que o invitation à comunidade com deus olha como. Chama-o o “reino de deus.” O reino de deus é a realidade da comunidade com o deus com o reconciliation em Christ. É uma realidade nova que cruze a realidade de um mundo dos relacionamentos quebrados pelo sin.
The empire we reference on this site (as I read it) is somewhat synonymous with systems and relationships that operate in the brokenness of sin. We are invited into restored relationship with Christ to live in the kingdom of God here and now.
As we view the sin and brokenness of life under the empire’s systems that destroy communion with God in the world, we are called to engage in a new dialog with sin.
Instead of thinking of God as looking for chances to destroy and annihilate sin, we are called to see God for who Jesus shows us God is. We need to allow our minds to be disciplined in the practice of imagining what God’s hope is for our world.
This is part of community with God. It is also the place where we can be offered as communion to the world. Instead of being separatists or having disdain for the sin of the world, we can participate in the imaginative, playful, and reconciling hope of God for the world.
What does it look like for us to actively imagine life in the lens of Jesus’ kingdom?
Rather than living our lives in conformity with the ways of the empire around us we are called into kingdom of God.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 (TNIV)
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Can you be… maybe not “more precise”, but more specific? (Maybe I just need to see this described another way, if you can.)
Forrest,
The original post was a lot longer but I cut it down (as I usually do) to be a better length (i.e. short enough that most readers won’t skip it).
I am working on a part 2 post that I will try to finish by early next week. Sorry, but I don’t really have a lot of time to unpack the idea right now. I’m writing papers, studying for a final, and have a guest coming into town for the weekend. Also, I really wanted to throw the idea out there first to see if anyone has thought about the role of imagination in living into the kingdom of Jesus. I have some thoughts but I wanted to get some ideas from others first.
Peace,
daniel.t