Another Quote

November 29, 2007

Lar,

Here’s another one from Creation Regained.

“What distinguishes a reformational worldview is its understanding of the radical and universal import of both sin and redemption. There is something totalitarian about the claims of both Satan and Christ; nothing in all of creation is neutral in the sense that it is untouched by the dispute between these two great adversaries.

The biblical accounts of sin and redemption are similar on another point. In both cases, although the whole creation is involved, it is still humanity that plays the pivotal role. Just as the fall of man (Adam) was the ruin of the whole earthly realm, so the atoning death of a man (Jesus Christ, the second Adam) is the salvation of the whole world. Likewise, just as the first Adam’s fall was aided and abetted by the subsequent disobedience of humankind, so the salvation of the whole world is manifested and promoted by the subsequent obedience of a new humankind. The Adamic human race perverts the cosmos; the Christian human race renews it.

The obvious implication is that the new humanity (God’s people) is called to promote renewal in every department of creation. If Christ is the reconciler of all things, and if we have been entrusted with ‘the ministry of reconciliation’ on his behalf (2 Cor. 5:18), then we have a redemptive task wherever our vocation places us in his world. No invisible dividing line within creation limits the applicability of such basic biblical concepts as reconciliation, redemption, salvation, sanctification, renewal, the kingdom of God, and so on. In the name of Christ, distortion must be opposed everywhere–in the kitchen and the bedroom, in city councils and corporate boardrooms, on the stage and on the air, in the classroom and in the workshop. Everywhere creation calls for the honoring of God’s standards. Everywhere humanity’s sinfulness disrupts and deforms. Everywhere Christ’s victory is pregnant with he defeat of sin and the recovery of creation.”

Now that is great stuff! I’m not sure if I am supposed to quote so much, but it is just too sweet not to share! What a joy and challenge it is to know that God is jealous to be honored in every single aspect of life. He is jealous to make His creation all that He intended it to be and better (b/c of His work of redemption in Christ). O may His kingdom come and His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. May this be the true cry of every Christian heart.

Seeking first the kingdom with you,

Joe

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