So…I’m reading this book called Jesus Prom. Seems I like books with weird titles. 🙂 One I plan to begin blogging about next week is called The Fi5th Gospel. I told the folks Sunday, “The Fi5th Gospel was about Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and You. Did Jesus go to a prom? No. Jesus Prom has a subtitle of “Life Gets Fun When You Love People Like God Does.”

It has been a good book so far. Not deep at all. Very succinct. Very pointed. Very to the point.

And very convicting.

I shared some thoughts from it Sunday morning during my Communion thought.

“What we  see is our past. What Jesus sees is our future.” (p.33)

“Jesus is motioning you to follow Him. Jesus is motioning you to trust Him. Jesus is motioning you to run from your past and toward your future.” (p.33)

“Your past does not define your future.” (p.38)

“When God see you, He does not see your sin. When God sees you He sees His Son.” (p.39)

My main point: too many people are defined by their past. Shame. Regret. Sin. But God does not see that past. He sees our future. And when He looks at us, He does not see our sin; He sees His Son. That is what happens when we are “clothed with Christ.” It has a theological term: imputed righteousness. But don’t concern yourself with the big term. Concern yourself with the fact that He sees Jesus, not your sin or shame or regret.

Good news for sure don’t you think?