The Cogs of the Kingdom
Exploring the Saving Plan of God
Introduction
In these last days it is vital that all people get
to grips with what the Bible says.
Believers have become fluent in ‘verses’ to furnish their understanding
of God. When issues come along we have
memorised helpful parts of the text and applied them to our situation. What I want to do is lead believers into
understanding the Bible the way it is meant to be understood. The Bible communicates truth via patterns and
understanding the patterns helps us with the overarching aim of it all. That aim is to connect you to the Risen,
Glorified Lord on an ongoing basis. From
this position we have all we need to walk in God’s purposes, to transform us
and maybe send us to do a work.
When I get into a car I know what to do to get me
from a to b. What I am clueless about is
the actual workings of the engine. For my car I can go to a mechanic and pay
him to know how to fix the car. With
‘salvation’ it is different. We have to
know the workings if we are to walk well.
In 25 years of trying to follow Jesus I can relay this advice: “Trust Jesus.” But I have found that when we do trust Jesus,
the Lord is keen for us to understand his word so we can better engage his
Risen, Glorified self. He is our source,
our resource. When anchored into Him, we
have all our inner deficits met. We can
find wholeness in completely abandoning to him.
We find we are a stream of life to our brothers and sisters as He flows
through us into this world.
The Bible is a manual for connecting to the
Lord. That is the aim. However we must have some means to understand
what that entails. I hope this book will
help the process.
Gary Ward
In these last days it is vital that all people get to grips with what the Bible says. Believers have become fluent in ‘verses’ to furnish their understanding of God. When issues come along we have memorised helpful parts of the text and applied them to our situation.
ReplyDeleteThank you for pointing this out Gary. We need to see the 'Whole Story' to really understand the Good News. Taking out individual scriptures can cause bondage and abuse. It can also distort who God really is; what He is doing, and what He has done.