Resurrection Power of Jesus Christ

What's up Gathering!
Last night I asked, "What does the resurrection power of Jesus Christ look like? Or, maybe the question should be, what does the resurrection power of Jesus Christ sound like?"

I hope you can still hear it, the sound of rocks falling to the floor all around the room, just as when Jesus set the woman free who was caught in adultery and set to be stoned to death. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself (2 Cor. 5:19). That is why Jesus could let this woman go. It wasn't that Jesus decided not to do anything about her sin at all. God's justice requires that something be done about sin, about our offences towards God. No, Jesus let her go because he had a plan to die on her behalf, to take the punishment upon himself for the sin that she committed, so that she could be set free. And this is where we all stand. If you remember, the sound of falling rocks swept through the room last night, and we all stood up together. That is the sound of the resurrection power of Jesus Christ. Satan's accusations against us cannot stand, and we have been set free.

It is my prayer that the sound of falling rocks would also be the sound of the Gathering. That you would hear stones falling as we gather for worship, drop our judgments, and stand as equals in the presence of a Holy God. We could never do anything to make ourselves righteous enough to stand before God. Thank God that he, being the one offended, took the initiative to reconcile us to himself so that we might be given righteousness as a gift when we put our faith in Christ.

It was good to worship with you last night.
God bless you all this week.
See you next Sunday at the Gathering!
-Tim