2013.05.01 (Wednesday)

Good day start, to finish. Grabbed this shot of the tree in our front yard to wrap up the daily photo.

Now for a daily verse:

Col 1:16-20 "for in Him is all created, that in the heavens and that on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or sovereignties, or authorities, all is created through Him and for Him, and He is before all, and all has its cohesion in Him. And He is the Head of the body, the ecclesia, Who is Sovereign, Firstborn from among the dead, that in all He may be becoming first, for in Him the entire complement delights to dwell, and through Him to reconcile all to Him (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on the earth or those in the heavens."

God will reconcile all to Himself, through Christ. All humanity, all heavenly beings, all. It means what it says! Not all at the same time, but in the end, all just the same! :)

Churchianity would have us believe that all that Christ did was make salvation possible, that Christ did his part and now it is up the individual to save himself via his 'free will'. Not so, Christ accomplished what he was sent to do, take on the sins of the world, pay the penalty for sin (death, not 'eternal torment') and eventually abolish death all together! (See 1 Corinthians 15:21-28, 1 Tim 4:10, Phillipians 2:10, John 3:17, John 6:33, Luke 9:56, John 12:32, John 17:2, John 3:35, II Corinthians 5:19 just for starters)

Have a good day!

Later,
D