A dead Christ cannot save the church. Neither could he bring the kingdom of God to completion. He must needs rise and ascend and receive the promise of the Holy Spirit.
Wondrous evangel of Easter! Jesus is risen indeed!
And he received that wondrous new life as the Head of the church and the new world. Hence, his resurrection is at the same time the justification of all that belong to him. Indeed, his rising again is the proof of our justification. On Good Friday he hung on the cross, and he had us all in his bosom. Therefore it pleased the Lord to bruise him. God imputed all that guilt and sin on him, and he had to die in order to pay the price.
When he [Jesus] appears in the garden of Joseph it proves that all that guilt and sin is gone. Otherwise God would never have raised him from the dead.
~from Unspeakable Gift by Rev. G Vos (chapter 39)
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“Therefore, creation was an act of self-revelation on the part of God. By it he made himself known as God who is God indeed, the one who is infinite in power and wisdom, glorious in all his perfections. Through the act of creation, God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
She witnesses the word of God that she hears. … Therefore, when the church speaks, her speech must always assume the form of a testimony. She must preach, and to preach is to witness. The church speaks only through revelation [what God says...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"He is not only creator, but he is also redeemer. … In the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God revealed himself as the one who quickens the dead. God thereby spoke to the church that he is God, for the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
By the word of God the church lives, for she possesses this word in the holy scriptures, and through these scriptures God still speaks to his church by the Holy Spirit whom he has given to her. The church, therefore, does indeed hear the word of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The question from the cross: “Why, Oh my God, why?”. Oh yes, the answer came. Objectively, for the light returned. Subjectively: “It is finished!” Here is your answer: For God’s sake: “Justice must be satisfied....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The church is witness: she testifies that God is God. That is her calling. For this very purpose she was chosen and called out of the world. The fact that she is a witness implies that she hears and believes the word of God. She is the recipient...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The supreme and, in a sense, the only task of the church in the world is to preach the word of God. If there is a word of God to be proclaimed by the church, however, it needs to be a word that God himself speaks, and that he speaks concerning...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
