Save the Jackals!
In God are three ‘persons’, each uncreated, coequal, coeternal, sharing one ‘essence’.
What I really found amazing about this week’s text, though, was the revelation of His character. He is a God that chooses to be in relationship with us. Incredible.
A nice, light, yet filling summertime treat. I’ve been taking this to work with me.
Is it perhaps akin to the heresy of Deism to presume that the burning of the sun, the courses of the planets, the falling of rain, the life cycle of man and beast and plant, having been set in motion at creation, endure throughout the millennia, held together and fuelled by tireless subatomic forces? As amazing and incredible as it would be to create a universe that just kept going and going all by itself while its Creator stood by changing lives and answering prayers and loving people, maybe that’s not the way things are. Maybe every atom, every nucleus, every proton and neutron, the very ‘fabric’ of time and space is held together and urged forward in perpetual motion solely by God’s power. Or what if the continual existence of each fundamental particle is somehow bound up in the continual existence of God?
The same power that not only created, but also, in some way that defies explication, continually lends being to all that is; the same power that resurrected Christ; the power of the Christian Pentecost, poured out through tongues of fire and manifest in diverse giftings, is accessible to Christians today.
I had a sudden change in the direction of busy this week. I started class on Wednesday, and as of yesterday, I have a full-time job—second shift (15:00-23:30) at a warehouse. I’m very happy to be done with the job search. Looking for work is way harder than working. So far, taking one class and working full time seems decidedly more relaxing than taking a full load of classes and working ten hours. Hopefully this will allow me to start fall classes mentally refreshed and with a little extra money.