What’s this “Blue Jean Gospel” all about?
It’s about the story of the Gospel being more than formal wear you put on [one time] for a special event. (The Gospel is not a tuxedo or wedding dress.)
It’s not something we put on [occasionally] when we want to look nice or dress up. (The Gospel is not a suit and tie or a dress with high heels.)
It’s also not something you put on when you need to look professional and presentable. (The Gospel is not a pair of smart casual khakis.)
It is a rough and rugged life that we embrace everyday.
It’s a life that will be scrapped and scratched, banged and bruised.
But will remain strong and will grow better with the wear and tear.
God wants to get you out of the suit and tie, out of the dress and heels and into the “Blue Jean Gospel”, that you will wear and live in everyday.
"In Greek religions - dying and rising again is a single experience undergone in the act of initiation, but for Paul it is an experience which, from the moment of his baptism, IS CONSTANTLY REPEATING ITSELF ON THE BELIEVER. With Paul, his whole being, FROM HIS BAPTISM ONWARDS, IS A CONSTANTLY RENEWED EXPERIENCING OF THE DYING AND RISING AGAIN WHICH BEGAN IN THAT ACT. As he says in 2 Cor 4:11: "For we the living are constantly given up to death for Jesus' sake that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.” It is the realism of the Paul’s gospel which finds expression in this concept of THE CONTINUOUS DYING AND RISING AGAIN WITH CHRIST."
-Albert Schweitzer, 1953
31[I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [your fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily [I face death every day and die to self].
-1Corinthians 15:31amp
3 comments:
Are these the eternal robes of righteousness? The wedding garment-- that the Bible speaks of?
Put on the full armor of God, as well. Death is life, and clinging to my life no longer seems viable!
God has taught me through you, Pastor Steve, that a dead man is impervious to sin, and that's what I wanna be! Blue jeans, everyday wear, the spirit filled life, that is the one for me, how 'bout you?
The "BlueJeanGospel" is a metaphor of how our christian life is an everyday affair. Apostle Paul did say "I die daily" in 1Cor.15:31. Daily death AND daily life. God provides resurrection moments for us if we become a "Living sacrifice" unto him. Blessing
-pst
I just listened to your sermon, and took notes. Thank you for showing me how to humble myself and to find that way of escape. This was a "killer" sermon, get it?
Not my mood, but the exterior circumstances that polish and break us into something which can be used by God! thanks again. TR
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