“We shall all be changed!” This is the promise of God through the Apostle Paul in 1st Corinthians 15. It reinforces the fourfold promise of Jesus in John 6 to raise up those who believe in him on the last day.
The good news is God has taken sovereign responsibility to transform those who trust Him. We don’t need to work up the energy or hope for evolution to kick in. God’s grace will change us from one degree of glory to another.
I watched the opening night of X-Men: First Class and the pride-filled struggle produced by change through random mutation, as if difference means superiority. Professor Charles Xavier uses three sides of Albert Outler’s quadrilateral: reason, tradition, and experience to convince Magneto of finding the answers that lead to peace. But, Magneto doesn’t want peace. He wants revolution and revenge.
This comic book fiction is very close to fact to a generation who cannot seek the scriptures or know the way of peace. They need to hear the good news. “We shall all be changed” and God will do it!
The greatest virtue of our generation could be patience—the ability to trust, wait, and work with God for change.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
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