Saturday, January 11, 2020

The beginning of the new creation

Morning: Psalms 148, 150; Isaiah 55:3-9; Colossians 3:1-17
Evening: Psalm 104; Galatians 3:23-29, 4:4-7

Children need boundaries and rules while learning about life. For Paul, the law of Moses is a ‘babysitter’ until Israel grows up. Grown-ups do not then want to be children again. Free people do not want to be slaves again. Free people themselves choose their own path. The Jesus movement (some call it Christianity) is a particular community that is directed towards the renewal of creation. For Christians, baptism is the free, conscious, adult decision to belong to that intentional community of those who serve this new creation. Jesus’ baptism signifies that this renewal of creation begins somehow in him.
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