Something in Common

There's a lot of posting about resolved sermons (which were

very good and nothing wrong with these postings at all), but

I wanted to reflect on just what I thought was a glimpse of

heaven.

Throughout the whole Resolved conference, I was in a room

filled with thousands of believers. And, one thing we all had in

common is Christ. You're probably saying, "Justin... isn't that

like the most obvious thing that you can ever think of?" Yeah,

but do you reflect it when you're with other Christian? I think

this is a big thing because despite all our differences, we all are

there to praise the one God that we believe in.

Going through Ephesians 2 with Pastor Aaron really helped me

to constantly be happy when meeting new people who are

Christians. Paul tells the church of Ephesus that through Christ's

death, we can have a relationship with Christ and men AND Jews

and Gentiles. Because of Christ death, Jews and Gentiles are related

with each other through the blood of Christ. Jews and Gentiles are

not best buddies in that time. They hated each other and didnt want

to be associated with one another. However, that wall between the

two was broken by Christ and they celebrate the one true God all

together.

That glimpse of heaven I was talking about was singing to our God all

together in one voice during the conference. I could not help but smile

at the wondrous sight of 4000 believers, praising this one God. As I

exchanged small talk with people I don't know, I was happy that we

can talk about something so common. Pastor Aaron gave me the

example of being in a foreign country. You do not know the language

nor have the ability to communicate to the natives. However, once

you find someone that can speak in English, you instantly have that

connection of being able to relate to that person.

Same thing with us and other Christians: One instant I had was when

I was visiting a friend who was watching the booth. She was telling

me that this was a freedom survey to find what people think about

freedom. It was being used as a way to evangelize to others and pray

for them. A guy who was with my friend introduced himself, and

instantly we talked about different ministries, about what we want to

do, what we were learning in different people, and I shared that I was

happy that I can talk to someone I met for the first time because of

Christ.

If I am happy now about that, then imagine the ecstasy when that Day comes.

Thankful for:

Pastor Aaron, Speakers in Resolved, Believers in Christ, the Word of God