What I Believe

For some reason the concept of a "statement of faith" has been bandied about in different places recently. I don't know if it is the leading, but at different times in our lives, perhaps it is good to examine what we believe. I will make a list, and order it according to some form of relevance:

God established life, both temporal and eternal

God gave man a free will, and intended for man to desire closeness to God

Man chose self determination without God's guidance, and experienced death

God revealed His love to man in physical picture through the ages

Jesus came as the reality and fulfillment of God's love for man

Jesus is the High Priest before God, having performed singularly the reconciliation of man to God

The sacrifice of that service was His own blameless body, being the Son of God

We now live by the source of life set in His Kingdom

That life by God's will is spreading and manifest throughout time and location

We are become an inheritance for Him, to dwell forever in the New Kingdom to His Glory

His power is manifest through faith, and that of the unity of faith in the practice of the Body of Christ

We are to practice that faith, that body life, and display His power

That is about it for my statement of faith right now. I could add a bunch of other things, but again, this looks good today. Tomorrow, perhaps another description will be more pertinent. If your faith is in these things, most everything else falls into place. All the details and trappings of this existence are minor compared to actually experiencing the flow of eternal life.