Christians Are Not The Avengers

Erik Raymond —  August 9, 2012

I wrote an article for Christianity.com entitled Christians Are Not The Avengers. In it I highlight our weakness in light of God’s power. Here is a portion of it…

The point of using weak people is to showcase the power of God. The gospel brings us low so that we can rest upon Christ. The gospel declares that the infinitely powerful God came into the world in the form of a weak baby. He lived in a perfectly holy life of obedience in submission to the Law of God. All of this He did for law-breaking rebels like me and you. Then He went to the cross to suffer the punishment and wrath due those same enemies. Finally, after winning our righteousness, acceptance, forgiveness and life, He rose victoriously from the grave for us!

If, after all of this, we are still thinking that we have something to offer God or something to boast in then Christ will not be boasted in, this Jesus will be of little value (Galatians 2:21). Instead, the right response is to come to Christ, trusting in His work and treasuring Him for His worth.

The church then, being made up of weak, unspectacular, and ordinary people, marches around the world proclaiming the message of how we may be delivered from our greatest enemy. Instead of flattering us the gospel flattens us, but only that we may rise and boast in Christ.

Read the rest of this article at my new monthly column on Christianity.com

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Erik has been writing at Ordinary Pastor since 2006. He lives in Omaha with his wife and kids while pastoring at Emmaus Bible Church. Follow regular updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/erikraymond

One response to Christians Are Not The Avengers

  1. donsands August 10, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    Taste and see that the Bread of Life is so very good! Once our eyes and souls are touched by our Savior the Truth, we will never be the same; though the struggles will never end in this extremely dark and devil filled world.

    Thanks for such a powerful post of the Goepsl really.
    Have a terrific Lord’s day in our Shepherd’s presence as His dear ones, as we worship His and our Father in Spirit.