.::discover::understand::be::.: did Jesus have a job description?

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

did Jesus have a job description?

many seem to think, at least those who are evangelical christians, that the job description that Jesus had was "to save the world", to "pay the price", or to "take our punishment". now, i don't see this as wrong... but i don't exactly see it as fully right.

i think we are missing some of the story.

not the story of the gospels or the bible or the story of the good news, but the story of the why. i think by simplifiyng Jesus down to the ultimate martyr, we miss out on the relationship with our Creator. that was the intended purpose of Jesus. Jesus came to bring unity. i am beginning to see Jesus not as just the Savior of my soul and the path to my eternity, but fully the Savior and Redeemer of a broken relationship with His father.

Jesus came to bring unity. unity between me and God, between me and you, between christians and muslims, between homosexuals and bigots and right wing conservitives. not just "to save", but to bring life. life to the full. life to the full with God AND life to the full with the fullness of God's creation.

not just those who are "in", but all of God's creation.

isn't that what Jesus did when He walked our earth? connected with those who needed to be unified with His father? and if Jesus is to be my model to follow, i can't just view Him as a Savior from my sin, but as a Savior to Life.

if i begin to understand Jesus' role as a role of unity, a role of Redeemer to a relationship with His father...then maybe i'll begin to see myself as a unifier, as someone who is empowered to help people meet Jesus as the Redeemer, and i'll stop living a life that is safe and self centered.

i'll start living the life Jesus modeled.

life to the full.

i think...