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Theology - Lo He comes
(3 December 2006)


At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with power and great glory (Luke 21:27)

A History Lesson
There are three great events of world history. Two have happened and one is yet to come. The creation was when God made the world. The incarnation was God redeeming the world. The second coming will be God returning to the world. The period between the creation and the incarnation is Act 1 and the period between the incarnation and the Second Coming as Act 2. We are living in Act 2. The most significant events in the history of the world have either already happened or else are still to come. There is nothing we can do to add or subtract from this – we believe in faith and we wait in faith. The mistake we make is to live as if we are in Act 1 and assume that we have to do God’s work of redemption ourselves.

There are a number of different ways that we live as if we were in Act 1 rather than in Act 2.

  • We worry – we feel that we need to be in control of our lives. We live within a social code of competence and capability and feel that we need to cope, manage, and get things done. This leaves us feeling hopeless.
  • We feel guilty – we can’t live up to what we feel is expected of us. This leaves us feeling judged
  • We feel depressed – we feel that there is no point to what we are doing because we don’t know what we might achieve. This leaves us feeling that everything is pointless.

All of these negative feelings come when we do not trust the security of the God’s work of redemption. If we think that it is up to us to sort everything out then we are scripting God out of the picture and leaving too much pressure on ourselves

 

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Theology Archive
  2007 Main Menu
  Be Ready and Waiting
(August 12, 2007)
  Mary sits in front of Jesus
(July 22, 2007)
  Let's Dance!
(July 1, 2007)
  Be careful what you pray for
(June 24, 2007)
  Jesus forgives sinful woman
(June 17, 2007)
  Wise man builds house on rock (June 10, 2007)
  Remembering, Recognising and Realising (Pentecost)
(May 27, 2007)
  Ascension of our Lord
(May 20, 2007)
  No Fear!
(May 13, 2007)
  Difficult to be simple
(May 6, 2007)
  Passion and Compassion
(April 29, 2007)
  Let's talk about money
(April 15, 2007)
  Easter Teaching
(2007)
  Fight or Flight
(April 1, 2007 - Palm Sunday)
  There is something about Mary
(March 18, 2007)
  Salvation but not Protection
(March 11, 2007)
  Resolution and Determination
(March 4, 2007)
  The Temptations
(February 25, 2007)
  Transfiguration
(February 18, 2007)
  Different Levels of Living
(February 11, 2007)
  Nunc Dimmitis
February 4, 2007
  Jesus makes enemies in his hometown (January 28, 2007)
  Good News
(January 21, 2007)
  Miracles and Magic
(January 14, 2007)
  The Wise Men
(January 7, 2007)
  A Christmas Truce
(December 25, 2006)
  Fear
(December 24, 2006 -Midnight)
  Physical not Spiritual
(December 24, 2006)
  Repentance rather than Guilt
(December 17, 2006)
  Preaching of John
(December 10, 2006)
Current page Lo He comes
(December 3 2006)
  Christ the King
(November 26 2006)
  Apocalypse
(November 19 2006)
  Remembrance
(November 12 2006)
  Love Your Neighbour
(November 5 2006)
  Bartimeus
(October 29 2006)
  The Best Seats
(October 22 2006)
 

The Rich Young Ruler
(October 15 2006)

  Suffering
(October 8 2006)
  It does not matter being wrong
(September 24 2006)
  Peter confesses Jesus to be the Christ
(September 17 2006)
  Changing your mind
(September 10 2006)
  What is Important
(September 3 2006)
  Sin
(August 27 2006)
  Anger and Lust
(August 20 2006)
  Salt and Light
(August 13 2006)
  The Beatitudes
(August 6 2006)