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pioneer theology the clergyman is the cook he doesn t furnish the meat he just dishes up what the buffalo hunter provides this is how he supports the movement of the wagon he never confuses his job with that of the trail boss scout or the buffalo hunter he sees himself as just another pioneer who has learned how to cook the cook s job is to help the pioneers pioneer in settler theology faith is trusting in the safety of the town obeying the laws keeping your nose clean believing the mayor is in the courthouse in pioneer theology faith is the spirit of adventure the readiness to move out to risk everything on the trail faith is obedience to the restless voice of the trail boss in settler theology sin is breaking one of the town s ordinances in pioneer theology sin is wanting to turn back in settler theology salvation is living close to home and hanging around the courthouse in pioneer theology salvation is being more afraid of sterile town life than death on the trail salvation is joy at the thought of another day to push on into the unknown it is trusting the trail boss and following his scout while living on the meat furnished by the buffalo hunter the pioneers and the settlers portray in cowboy movie language the people of the law and the people of the spirit in the time of the historical jesus the guardians of the ecclesiastical setup the scribes and pharisees and sadducees had ensconced themselves in the courthouse and enslaved themselves to the law this not only enhanced their prestige in society it also gave them a sense of security people fear the responsibility of being free it is often easier to let other people make decisions or to rely on the letter of the law some people want to be slaves after enslaving themselves to the letter of the law such people go on to deny freedom to others jesus described them this way they tie up heavy loads and put them on men s solders but they themselves are no willing to lift a finger to move them matt 23 4 jesus wanted to liberate his people from the law from all laws under his word we become free people people of the spirit and the fellowship of free people grows up as in the new testament beyond all kinds of theological disagreement it is in galatians 5 1 that paul writes it is for freedom that christ has set us free stand firm then and do not let yourselves to be burdened again by a yoke of slavery if we are not experiencing what paul calls in romans 8 21 the glorious freedom of the children of god then we must acknowledged that his world has not taken sovereign possession of us that we are not fully under the way of the spirit end of excerpt abraham was a pioneer and those who walk by faith as he did following the spirit of god are also pioneers for he is the father of our faith this is what it means to be the sons and daughters of god by faith abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance and he went out not knowing where he was going by faith he went to live in the land of promise as in a foreign land living in tents with isaac and jacob heirs with him of the same promise for he was looking forward to the city that has foundations whose designer and builder is god heb 11 8 10 esv2011 share this tweet print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 22 comments posted in a prisoner of the lord are you a pioneer or a settler faith following christ freedom in christ vs law keeping isolated by god let us go on milk or meat obeying the leading of god religion vs abiding in christ uncategorized tagged bible christianity faith jesus theology an exchanged life sep 28 by michael have you ever thought what a raw deal we are all being punished for our sins in this less than perfect world because adam and eve blew it paul wrote about this to the saints in rome therefore just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin and so death spread to all men because all sinned for if many died through one man s trespass much more have the grace of god and the free gift by the grace of that one man jesus christ abounded for many for if because of one man s trespass death reigned through that one man much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man jesus christ rom 5 12 17 esv2011 t austin sparks wrote he that has my commandments and keeps them he it is that loves me how this may apply i do not know i trust it does not seem hard it is not meant to be hard it is intended to bring us into possession of the secret of things spiritual enlargement is a question of obedience progress according to obedience but obedience is not an enforced response to a law in pain of judgment this is the obedience of love consecration and devotion obedience is the active side of faith faith and obedience are two sides of one thing and cannot be divided without destroying completeness and obedience is the proof of faith and faith is the demand for obedience 1 we who have believed into christ and were immersed into his death by baptism have also been raised into his newness of life in his spirit it was his agape love for his father that motivated jesus his whole life even when it meant that he would die a terrible death on the cross for he knew that it was not only his body that was on that cross but all the sins of fallen man down through the ages he was the father s perfect sacrificial passover lamb for the sins of the world in genesis we read of abraham living out this act by faith with his and sarah s only son and abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it upon isaac his son and he took the fire in his hand and a knife and they went both of them together and isaac spake unto abraham his father and said my father and he said here am i my son and he said behold the fire and the wood but where is the lamb for a burnt offering and abraham said my son god will provide himself a lamb gen 22 6 8a kjv the father has always wanted many sons and daughters to love and walk with him just as adam did before his fall but adam and eve s fall and being cast out from the face of god in the garden was not the final end of that thought in the mind of god for god so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in grk eis into him should not perish but have eternal life john 3 16 esv2011 through the sacrifice of jesus he traded our eternal death for his eternal life it is important to know that verses in the new testament which speak of our initial act of saving faith often miss the depth of meaning that is behind them because of poor translations we don t just believe in jesus in some kind of mental ascent but the gift of god of saving faith places us into christ by the holy spirit even that favorite verse of evangelical christians john 3 16 misses that depth of what salvation is by saying we only have to believe in him much like we might believe in a certain political figure or our football team the gift of salvation is an intimate act that places us in jesus christ and his spirit within us teaches us all things see 1 john 2 27 paul wrote know you not that so many of us as were baptized into grk eis jesus christ were baptized into his death therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death that just as christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the father even so we also should walk in newness of his life rom 6 3 4 kj2000 emphasis added i am crucified with christ nevertheless i live yet not i but christ lives in me and the life which i now live in the flesh i live by the faith of the son of god who loved me and gave himself for me gal 2 20 kj2000 emphasis added but the scripture hath concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of jesus christ might be given to them that believe gal 3 22 kjv emphasis added even the righteousness of god which is by the faith of jesus christ unto all and upon all them that believe rom 3 22a kjv emphasis added we who have been crucified with christ have met the end of our old weak adamic natures and we now have been raised in total newness of life this means that we no longer have to access our christian walks by our own weak faith that so often fails us but we now can live by the same faith by which jesus lived in a loving relationship with his father for without faith it is impossible to please him for whoever would draw near to god must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him heb 11 6 esv2011 emphasis added in christ we are all called to live in his life walk by his faith and do his works not our own least any man should boast this is what paul was talking about when he wrote i know how to be brought low and i know how to abound in any and every circumstance i have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger abundance and need i can do all things through grk en in him who strengthens me phil 4 12 13 esv2011 emphasis added entering into god s rest the one who enters god s rest has himself rested from his own works just as god did from his let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest heb 4 10 11 isv144 emphasis added this is so hard to believe isn t it god rested on the seventh day of creation in john chapter one we read that the word jesus christ made all things in the beginning and without him was nothing made that was made he did it all by merely speaking everything into existence and the word of god still speaks jesus told the disciples if you love me you will keep my commandments and i will ask the father and he will give you another helper to be with you forever even the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him you know him for he dwells with you and will be in you john 14 15 17 esv2011 emphasis added for through the spirit by faith we ourselves eagerly wait in god s rest for the hope of righteousness for in christ jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything but only faith working through love gal 5 5 6 esv2011 emphasis added yes faith which abides in christ will find its outworking through god s love in us it is here that we can truly rest and cease from our own religious efforts peter often tried to do his own good works because they seemed like the right thing to do at the time calling fire down from heaven on a samaritan village cutting off the ear of the high priest s servant etc as a result he often received a rebuke from jesus there are many marthas in christendom but few marys who have chosen the better part resting at jesus feet yes saving faith works through god s love within us from a position of emotional rest without his faith working in us we are only left with dead works at best whoever has my commandments and keeps them whoever hears my commands and does them he it is who loves me and he who loves me will be loved by my father and i will love him and manifest myself to him john 14 21 esv2011 and at the very end he prayed for us saying i do not ask for these only but also for those who will believe in me through their word that they may all be one just as you father are in me and i in you that they also may be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me the glory that you have given me i have given to them that they may be one even as we are one i in them and you in me that they may become perfectly one so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me john 17 20 23 esv2011 being one with the father and the son as christ s body is abiding in his rest 1 https austin sparks net english books 008167 html photograph above by joan gray nkkjoqea63c unsplash 1 share this tweet print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading 8 comments posted in abiding in christ becoming one in the father and the son entering god s rest newness of life in christ obeying the leading of god religion vs abiding in christ waiting upon god tagged bible christianity faith god jesus precious stephen the martyr of christ sep 10 by michael stephen was chosen by the apostles to be a servant deacon of the hellenist widows in those earliest days of the church of him we read and they chose stephen a man full of faith and of the holy spirit it also says and stephen full of grace and power was doing great wonders and signs among the people acts 6 8 esv2011 not bad for somebody that was given the task of waiting on tables but there were corrupt men of the local synagogue in jerusalem who were jealous and hated him and they brought false witnesses against him but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking acts 6 10 esv2011 and gazing at him all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel acts 6 15 esv2011 stephen was facing death by stoning because of the false accusations that were being spoken against him so stephen gave them a history lesson to show them what was in their evil hearts but it was solomon who built a house for him the first temple yet the most high does not dwell in houses made by hands as the prophet says heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool what kind of house will you build for me says the lord or what is the place of my rest did not my hand make all these things you stiff necked people uncircumcised in heart and ears you always resist the holy spirit as your fathers did so do you which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute and they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the righteous one whom you have now betrayed and murdered you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it acts 7 47 53 esv2011 did they repent when they heard these things not hardly now when they heard these things they were enraged and they ground their teeth at him but he full of the holy spirit gazed into heaven and saw the glory of god and jesus standing at the right hand of god and he said behold i see the heavens opened and the son of man standing at the right hand of god acts 7 54 56 esv2011 they were experiencing demons in their hearts but stephen was in the presence of jesus and the father you see this is what happens when we are no longer of this world because we seek god with our whole hearts we become so heavenly minded that we are despised by those who build temples and religious systems with their own hands and minds and call it the church an experience i had in alaska for he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways on their hands they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against a stone ps 91 11 12 esv2011 last week i met with eight brothers and sisters in one of their homes and we all shared what the lord had put on our hearts that evening after we had a meal together for some reason i shared with them what happened to me while living on a remote island off the west coast of alaska i had been going 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