“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29
So last night, Pastor Chris and Tim and Fred and I honed the Vineyard values- what is is the heart of our particular fellowship. Weighing each word, we tried to strip verbiage of all excess, leaving only the essence.
Value Five: We join God in the work of restoration.
Jesus brings healing to a broken creation – our homes and streets, the neighborhood, the university, our city and beyond.
Jesus came and ministered to the lost and needy. His death and resurrection created the way to be reconciled to God. As His people, we are called to live out His love in word and actions.
We could have messed with them forever. Shifting and sifting. Jot and tittle. We are are word people- aware of their potency. The difference between denotation and connotation. One step to the side and the shade flickers.
And yet, at a certain point, basta. He, with a capital H, has done it all. It is finished. He came, He saw, He conquered. And while our calling as His children is to join Him in the living part, in the word and action, it is all about Him. (I yearned a bit for “deed” but it was deemed too fusty. And yes, “fusty” made it through spellcheck the first time; I sort of thought I was making it up.)
He, not anything we do, takes away the sins of the world.
Selah.
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