Belonging (S2) : INTRO
Belonging . . . You are loved and welcome right now, as you are, no exceptions. Jesus was radically inclusive, so come on in.
This is the first core value at Crosswalk. You are loved and welcome “right now, as you are, no exceptions.” Everyone belongs at the feet of Jesus – right now and as we are – no exceptions. This sacred place at the feet of Jesus is always inclusive. No one deserves to be at His feet based on anything we have done. We all belong at His feet because He created us to be with Him from the very beginning of time. It is the place of the purest and most perfect love—the place of highest human dignity as His beloved.
C.S. Lewis considered the incarnation of Jesus to be the greatest of all miracles. God coming to the earth and taking on flesh and bone. God, the almighty Creator, became one of His creatures. The Apostle John says it this way, “So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son. [John 1:14 NLT]
He came for the sole reason that we belong to Him. We belong in His Kingdom now and to come. Sin has done everything to make us question and doubt our belonging to God. Jesus came to fight for us in all of His righteousness, justice, and uncorrupted power.
The miracles of Jesus reveal how strongly and deeply God is committed to reminding us and revealing to us our belonging to Him. It has been said that miracles are when heaven intersects with earth, when Divine love breaks through the lie of the devil, whose shadow has been cast on our world, that says you don’t belong to God, and that God isn’t interested in you or wants you, because you are damaged goods.
You and I are not damaged goods. We are God’s beloved children that He left the heavens above to live, die, and rise again to proclaim our belonging to Him.
In Season 1 of our Belonging series, we explored our belonging to God through Jesus' miracles of healing. In this season, Season 2, we will gain a further glimpse into our belonging through some of Jesus' other miracles, such as His feeding of the 5,000 and turning water into wine at a wedding celebration. No one ever has to defend their belonging to God. Jesus does that for us through His life and miracles.
This is the first core value at Crosswalk. You are loved and welcome “right now, as you are, no exceptions.” Everyone belongs at the feet of Jesus – right now and as we are – no exceptions. This sacred place at the feet of Jesus is always inclusive. No one deserves to be at His feet based on anything we have done. We all belong at His feet because He created us to be with Him from the very beginning of time. It is the place of the purest and most perfect love—the place of highest human dignity as His beloved.
C.S. Lewis considered the incarnation of Jesus to be the greatest of all miracles. God coming to the earth and taking on flesh and bone. God, the almighty Creator, became one of His creatures. The Apostle John says it this way, “So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son. [John 1:14 NLT]
He came for the sole reason that we belong to Him. We belong in His Kingdom now and to come. Sin has done everything to make us question and doubt our belonging to God. Jesus came to fight for us in all of His righteousness, justice, and uncorrupted power.
The miracles of Jesus reveal how strongly and deeply God is committed to reminding us and revealing to us our belonging to Him. It has been said that miracles are when heaven intersects with earth, when Divine love breaks through the lie of the devil, whose shadow has been cast on our world, that says you don’t belong to God, and that God isn’t interested in you or wants you, because you are damaged goods.
You and I are not damaged goods. We are God’s beloved children that He left the heavens above to live, die, and rise again to proclaim our belonging to Him.
In Season 1 of our Belonging series, we explored our belonging to God through Jesus' miracles of healing. In this season, Season 2, we will gain a further glimpse into our belonging through some of Jesus' other miracles, such as His feeding of the 5,000 and turning water into wine at a wedding celebration. No one ever has to defend their belonging to God. Jesus does that for us through His life and miracles.
by Pastor Milton Marquez & Jon Ciccarelli
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