How the Story Ends

God's new heaven and new earth / unveiled when Jesus returns

When bad things happen to us, to our loved ones, or in the world around us we wonder, "What kind of story is God writing?" Revelation 21:1-8 gives a glimpse into the Story's ending with God "making all things new." God's story doesn't end with humans skipping off to the clouds leaving earth behind. Instead, God's holy city comes down from heaven. We look forward to a new, resurrected earth and heaven united under God's benevolent rule. The Good News for today is, the One who holds our eternal future also holds the future of today. If you missed this weekend's message, you can listen to it here.

Held Together

When things aren't going well we often say, "things are falling apart." We're "torn to pieces" when a loved one suffers. When a relationship ends we talk about "breaking up." When we say things like that we are appropriately describing the brokenness of a world infected by sin and Evil. It has been noted that the Latin root is the same for our English words "diabolical" and "disintegrate." Sin makes us, and our world, fall apart.

The Good News of God's Big Story, however, is that Jesus Makes Things Right. According to Colossians 1:17 Jesus is the one in whom "all things hold together." Through Christ's life, death, and resurrection Christ has reconciled all things. If you missed last weekend's message, you can listen to it here.

Falling Apart

Human sin is real and it ruins everything. This is the not-so-pleasant part of God's Big Story. Like a giant "Jenga" game, Genesis 3-6 describes how God' creation falls apart as humans grab for their own and distrust God. We see that brokenness in the world and, even closer, in ourselves. Thankfully, God pursues us. God doesn't walk away from our mess. God walks toward us (see Genesis 3:8). This is the rest of God's Big Story.

If you missed the weekend message, you can listen to it here. Join us this Labor Day weekend for worship as we learn what happens next in God's Big Story. It's going to be a great weekend of worship at CLPC!