Lifted High and all things become new
Albert Bogle
September 23, 2023
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2 Corinthians 5: 17 (NRSVA)
17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
At the heart of everything Jesus taught was a profound belief in the re-birth of humanity. His teaching on re-birth was nothing like re-incarnation. It was all about discovering your true personhood through the power of the Holy Spirit. He talked a lot about dying to self in order to become alive in God. The Apostle Paul in his second letter to the Corinthians seeks to encourage the believers to understand that they have been given a new Spirit filled life, fulfilling their unique identity, through which God is shaping them to live so that they reflect the coming glory of the new creation. 80 generations on the message is still the same. It’s time to shake off that old life and allow the Holy Spirit to lift you high into God’s presence. The thing is it all starts with each of us the same way as with all the others we have talked about this week. When we find our self cross-gazing we are in the right place to encounter forgiveness and healing.
By My Side
Come up here
By my side
Jesus said
Be nailed to your cross
Be lifted high
So that you will see
An eternal view
And recognise your new life
It’s hard
It’s painful
Jesus said
To die to self
To be ridiculed
And mocked
To see people gamble for your clothes
But look beyond this moment
See what you are becoming
Part of a new creation
Look the old and the shabby self
Is passing away
See the new thing is emerging
It’s time
To go back down
Jesus said
Into the bear pit
Where snakes and scorpions move
Jesus said
See I’ve breathed my Spirit
Into the world
You will never be alone
Go among the mockers and the scoffers
The sinners and the sinned against
The backbiters and the deceivers
Invite them to the foot of the cross
To gaze on the Father Love
Not gawk at a meaningless tragedy
Let them gaze and gaze and gaze
Until they hear love say
This is my body broken for you
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