The Resurrection of Jesus' BODY Not Just His SOUL Matters
Apr 20, 2025
The discussion dives into the misconception that the gospel is purely personal, arguing for a broader narrative that includes creation and restoration. It highlights the importance of Christians engaging actively with the world, rather than separating from it. The podcast contrasts a simplified gospel with a richer four-chapter story, emphasizing our mission to restore God's creation. The hosts reflect on historical decisions, like those from the Council of Nicaea, connecting faith to social contributions such as healthcare. Ultimately, it's a call to embrace our role in God's transformative mission.
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Jesus' Cosmic Healing Mission
Jesus' mission is to bring comprehensive healing to the cosmos, not just personal salvation.
The gospel includes proclaiming liberty, healing, and favor as Jesus declared fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy.
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Four-Chapter Gospel Story
The gospel is a four-chapter story: creation, fall, redemption, restoration.
Resurrection of Jesus' physical body underscores God's plan to renew all creation, not just save souls.
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Work as Kingdom Restoration
Seek to repair and restore God's creation in your work and daily life.
View your vocation as part of God's ongoing mission to bring beauty, goodness, and truth to the world.
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Episode Summary: The resurrection reminds us that the gospel is not just about our personal, private salvation and growth in holiness (which is called the two-chapter gospel.) Such a gospel leads to separating from the lost, forgetting their inherent value as those created in God’s image, and devaluing the (common grace) contributions they make to our culture. In contrast, the resurrection of Christ’s physical body reminds us that the true gospel story has four chapters: creation, fall, redemption, restoration. Christ-followers are called to be part of the greatest mission in the history of the world, Christ’s renewal of our corner of planet earth to bring about the righteousness and flourishing that God intends for each part of his creation. This episode seeks to capture our hearts with the greatness of the mission our Lord has assigned to us.
For Further Prayerful Thought:
Celebrate the fact that your calling from Christ is to part of the biggest enterprise in the history of the world—Christ’s overthrow of Satan, sin, and death and establishment of his kingdom of righteousness over nook and cranny of earth.
The Council of Nicaea countered the heresy that Christ’s resurrection was just spiritual by insisting that Orthodox Christianity believes in the resurrection of the body. It also decreed that all towns with cathedrals build hospitals. How are these two decisions related to one another?
How does the two-chapter gospel deny what Jesus said was his reason for coming to earth when he quoted Isaiah 61, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor”?
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