tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876933803200242837.post2171705381423738877..comments2024-01-31T20:16:44.727-06:00Comments on Baxter's Ongoing Thoughts: John's GospelC. Baxter Kruger, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18109712975412765686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876933803200242837.post-1609924854277267972008-03-21T12:15:00.000-05:002008-03-21T12:15:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed this post. I think it is detrimen...I really enjoyed this post. I think it is detrimental that people do not focus on this passage because it so beautiful and wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876933803200242837.post-40837585064788532972008-03-08T02:28:00.000-06:002008-03-08T02:28:00.000-06:00Thank you bro. The gospel is good news, not simpl...Thank you bro. The gospel is good news, not simply information but news, and news means something that we did not know. And it is good news, which means truth we did not know that is good for us. The truth is proclaimed to us in our darkness as a reality that involves us that is thorougly good. It is good. It is for us. It is news to us. Now we must decide what we will do with this world of relationship and love into which we have been inlcuded. Will we scoff at it or cry out for light? Come Holy Spirit.C. Baxter Kruger, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18109712975412765686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876933803200242837.post-17769204278855866952008-03-06T21:48:00.000-06:002008-03-06T21:48:00.000-06:00Beautiful! Jesus, the Word, the exact representat...Beautiful! Jesus, the Word, the exact representation of the Father, has become human, so that we could share His relationship with the Father in our human form. We are now "with the Father" also. We are in His realms! This is a wonderful continuation of the story you shared about you son's friend joining in the relationship that you two shared.<BR/><BR/>Erskine Holt, a precious brother from Florida who recently has fallen asleep, shared how that God revealed the Divine Love to him. The main part is that Love must have an object of love -- and that is why Jesus is called the Beloved. The Father is the Lover, and Jesus is the Beloved, who returns the love to the Father. The flow of love between them is so strong that it is God also -- the Holy Spirit.<BR/><BR/>We see this imaged all over the place in God's creation. Take electricity, for example. It requires a source and a receiver (for example, the "+" and "-" terminals on a battery, or the two prongs of AC wall current -- the third is for overflow). When properly connected, there is then the flow of electrical current which is what causes work to happen (light to shine, motors to run, etc.). The Father is the source, the Son is the receiver who is of the same type and thus apt receiver, and the flow of electricity in action is the Holy Spirit.<BR/><BR/>And, in redemption, we get to get right into the middle of that beautiful flow of the divine nature, LOVE and LIGHT! This is pictured in the Most Holy place -- the two Cherubim in face to face love relationship, all of one piece with the mercy seat between them. This is where Moses would come -- above the mercy seat, between the Cherubim, and commune with God, and hear the voice of God "from off the mercy seat." What mercy indeed -- to know God and commune with Him. This is a picture of our getting caught up in the flow of the divine love!<BR/><BR/>John's "the Word was with God" is literally "the Word was toward God" -- that face to face relationship. And we are "accepted in the Beloved" -- so that we are in that place in the beloved to be able to receive God's love. As a result, we are able to be "holy and without blame <B>before him</B> in LOVE.<BR/><BR/>This is good news indeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com