The new life in Christ is marked by radical Christ-worshiping servanthood of others which only flourishes where idols are repented-of and guarded-against.

To every soul on the planet, Christ holds out the offer of new life. It is a life unending, full of abundance now on earth with present suffering, and full of joy, glory and his love after death. But this offer of life is contingent upon yielding the whole of this natural life at the Cross of Jesus.

God made marriage to be the single occasion in creation where two people permanently become one as a man marries a woman. This oneness pictures and gives foretaste to the union all believers will have with Christ in eternity. God loves the gift of marriage and calls us to invest in it.

In Christlikeness, absolute rejection of sin is essential for us. If we loose that rejection/ repentance…. Soften up and find sin in us to be acceptable, then we have lost our essence… we have lost our way… we are living and worshipping worthlessly because we are pro-sin. So, rather than hold pride in your hearts which causes you to fight over who will be the greatest, hold fast to your sin-hating and be at peace with each other.

Christ has joyfully and intensely bound himself to his trusting followers. How we treat them is a direct treatment of Him.

In a unique account we are able to see the displeasure of Christ in not being believed upon by his followers and the surrounding world and his relentless call to be listened to and fully believed.

On the Mount of Transfiguration we encounter numerous things:

• The centrality of prayer in every aspect of Jesus’ life and ministry

• The true physical glories of Christ underlying his human

• Christ’s prominence in having Moses and Elijah to come meet up with him and affirm his coming work in dying and rising

• The Father’s overwhelming affirmation of the identity Christ and message of Christ as being the greater and final revelation of God

Jesus is the prophecies yet unpredicted Christ. As followers of Christ, we must diligently take our minds out of “autopilot” and place them freshly into the control of the Spirit, "setting our minds on things above”…”walking in the Spirit”…  Failure to do so puts us at risk of aiding Satan’s cause.

As Gospel people, the King of the gospel tells us to watch out for and defend ourselves and others from Godlessness posing as Genuine religious faith or neutral truth itself.  Watch out for the danger of infectious error.

It must be crystal clear in our thinking and our influence that God’s word is supreme and the authority in all of life and worship.   Any human tradition or value is a clear and far lesser level of importance and without authority and must never obscure attention and focus on God’s words, commands and promises.

The more the Father reveals and gives to us, the more we must, must process this back into treasure, thanksgiving and adoration or else it will harden your theologically correct but hardened soul. We will miss his  perfectly timed, beautiful displays of glory, power and love.

The new home of the believer creates new courage that marks our lives to follow and love God with strength and gentleness in the most adverse conditions.

It is the way of Jesus to intentionally and repeatedly reach out into the world with unexpected timing, unexpected groups people with unique weakness. Jesus sends out a message that leaves each person in a position of absolute condemnation or repentance into absolute blessing.