Wade Poe

So what is the good news of God in Jesus? It is that the life that was lost in Adam in the garden of Eden and the resulting sin that was brought into the world has been handled.   Jesus came into the world, died for our sins - all of them, past, present, and future - and after the resurrection, sent the Holy Spirit, so the life that was lost has been restored. Anyone who trusts in what God has done in forgiving all sin through Jesus can have him come live in them through the presence of the Holy Spirit and he will, forever. And that's it. ___________________________________________ What does that mean for us?   It means that God has reconciled us to himself.  We can simply acknowledge what he's done, accept it, and live in the peace with God he has provided. For the first Christians, mainly Jewish people by background, it meant they no longer needed to have a priest offer sacrifices on their behalf for forgiveness of sin or anything like that.   Jesus was the final h...

When the Israelites were freshly out of slavery in Egypt, you'd think they were going to be excited about it from that day forward.  But you'd be wrong. It wasn't long before they complained to Moses that he'd brought them out of slavery BUT hadn't made them comfortable or hadn't made it easy. "At least back in Egypt when we were slaves, we had fish and onions and cucumbers and other nice foods we like to eat." In other words, yes, the idea of freedom is appealing and excellent in the abstract IF all my baseline needs that I had met by my slave masters continue to be met while I learn about and figure out my way in my new freedom and get to place where I can manage "on my own". In other, other words - "Yeah, we complained about the slavery, but looking back we'd rather have it than have to figure out what to do 'on our own' - this freedom comes with too much responsibility!" And boy howdy is that true.   A lot of people...