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Glen Eyrie, Colorado Springs, Colorado
It doesn't look like much is going on in this picture. It simply looks like rock sitting on rock, however scientist call what you see as the Great Unconformity.
The bottom layer consists of granite and the top layer of sandstone. No problem so far, right? What scientist debate is the length of geological time that exists between these two layers. Creation scientists claim that the explanation for this unconformity is the effects of the flood. Other scientists simply say ocean deposits of sand formed this sedimentary rock over millions of years.
I'm not getting into that debate, but what I find interesting is that water is the key ingredient in both explanations for how the sedimentary rock formed on top of the igneous rock.
The water of Baptism is the difference maker for Christians. It's through the water that God works, burying us with Christ and raising us to new life.
"What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life." Romans 6:1-4 English Standard Version
Our lives change at the watery grave. Too often we think that this gift of grace means doing whatever we want, knowing that we walk in forgiveness. Like most satanic lies this is a half truth. Yes we walk in forgiveness because of the mercy of Christ poured out for us on his cross, but forgiveness is not license to do whatever we want to do.
Forgiveness changes the game. This gift of forgiveness, worked in us through the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5), creates a new kind of "unconformity."
We are call to an "unconformed" life through through this washing. This unconformed life is characterized by two things: loving God above everything else and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
That's the Great Uncomformity worked by the mercy of God in Christ.
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The bottom layer consists of granite and the top layer of sandstone. No problem so far, right? What scientist debate is the length of geological time that exists between these two layers. Creation scientists claim that the explanation for this unconformity is the effects of the flood. Other scientists simply say ocean deposits of sand formed this sedimentary rock over millions of years.
I'm not getting into that debate, but what I find interesting is that water is the key ingredient in both explanations for how the sedimentary rock formed on top of the igneous rock.
The water of Baptism is the difference maker for Christians. It's through the water that God works, burying us with Christ and raising us to new life.
"What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life." Romans 6:1-4 English Standard Version
Our lives change at the watery grave. Too often we think that this gift of grace means doing whatever we want, knowing that we walk in forgiveness. Like most satanic lies this is a half truth. Yes we walk in forgiveness because of the mercy of Christ poured out for us on his cross, but forgiveness is not license to do whatever we want to do.
Forgiveness changes the game. This gift of forgiveness, worked in us through the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5), creates a new kind of "unconformity."
We are call to an "unconformed" life through through this washing. This unconformed life is characterized by two things: loving God above everything else and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
That's the Great Uncomformity worked by the mercy of God in Christ.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2013-2014 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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