okay, since i promised(was coaxed by)a slit-eyed elephant on the grounds of "cause you're so forgetful" and compassion for "animals with reduced peripheral vision" that i would be diligent and focus, im gonna try my best very best to write down, or at least blog down on what God spoke to me through out the day, or simply just QT points for the day.



"With one sacrifice he made perfect forever those who are being made holy" - Hebrews 10:14

probably something which most of you have heard already, or perhaps have even sat through a teaching about it before. a great part of it made sense to me today though(God's wake up call?). i think an english teacher would probably frown upon Hebrews 10:14, not due to the content but from the blending of tenses(i was yet highly intrigued). i remember reading it a few times trying to capture the essence of what it meant.

Yet though the work of Christ is finished for the sinner, it is not yet finished in the sinner. - Donald G. Bloesch

What God did on that cross tends to sometimes be a little undermined dont you think? most of the time(at least for me) it is "oh the sacrifice on the cross? that's where Christ paid for our sins, once and for all." but it is so much more than that isnt it? What Christ did on that cross goes far beyond what He did for us, but also encompasses what He begins to do in us.

Positional sanctification: We are saved simply by knowing God(and what he did on that cross) for us.
Progressive sanctification: We are an ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. not working to save us; that which is already done, but working to change us.

Positional sanctification comes because of Christ's work for us.
Progressive sanctification comes because of Christ's work in us.

now this is the part that really struck me. i suppose many of us are perhaps guilty of leaning towards one aspect over the other. as for me it seemed like sometimes i seem to forget that of the later. perhaps feeling so saved that i dont serve as best i know i could? and so how can one's relationship with God mature compared to the day before if we don't see Christ working in us?

don't get me wrong though, im not saying we serve God so as to be saved; but rather serving God as a result of being saved. The mistakes that we make are lost in the perfection that hung on the cross, that's a done deal. but it's where we go from there/whom we head towards, that makes a christian Christ-like.



actually to be honest im quite glad i pennedfine, typed it out. it kinda brought things into perspective i suppose, and gave me a clearer picture. so.. try it?

i guess having slit-eyes dont warrant a narrow vision after all lol.