Adoption and New Birth

Posted on December 3, 2024 by LovingLikeGod.com

Clarification:

At the root of the confusion of the new birth with adoption among believers is a preoccupation with the cultural baggage of the Roman period and world, concerning adoption, making it superior to birth where son-ship is concerned.

This teaching completely ignores the fact that those who have been “born again” are co-heirs with Christ. In short we inherit all the perks of the first born, and we do this through the new birth, not the adoption that precedes the new birth, Galatians 4.

Love!

  • By Jay Ferris, originally posted May 2012.
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Relational Deism

Posted on November 26, 2024 by LovingLikeGod.com

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De·ism:

  1. Belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation.
  2. Belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to it.

A recent encounter with some new friends struck me with something this morning:

What’s been calling itself “church” practices relational Deism. This is to say, they give God credit for being present and active among His people, but refuse to believe that He is also active in the formation of relationships among believers.

The God I know–both from His Word and experientially–is Lord of relationships gender neutral, which is to say, without regard to gender.

Love!

  • By Jay Ferris, originally posted May 2012
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Starry Night, by George Dunn

Posted on November 21, 2024 by LovingLikeGod.com

I received a couple of things by my friend George Dunn. He was not at last year’s Global Gathering, but heard about what I had shared there and contacted me.

We have since become very close in The Lord. George is the real deal. He had set aside his guitar over 20 years go when The Lord convicted him of entertaining rather than leading worship. He brought his guitar here to the cabin for his most recent visit, and played this song, the words of which he had written.

It was mid-afternoon, when he sang to us, not normally the time when the birds are chirping, but when he began to play, the birds came near, and sang with him. We couldn’t help but think they had come to show God’s approval. :-)

  • By Jay Ferris, originally published May 2012
  • George Dunn has since gone on to be with Jay and with the Lord.

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