Ooh ooh pick me! or What it is we really believe about our realtionship with Christ.

So, coming to Christ is not like accepting a present. It’s not like someone doing something nice for you. It’s not like someone taking your place in the electric chair, although that is a part of it. No, I think it’s a little bit like baking a cake. Sort of. Not in the ‘you have to have a recipe kind of way’, but in the ‘once the parts are all mixed up and baked there is no way to take it apart again’ kind of way. To marry something is to make it become one thing. To marry ketchup, mayo and relish you will have one thing called Thousand Island…or Secret Sauce. Once it’s married you don’t get to have just ketchup, mayo or relish by themselves anymore. You will always have TI Dressing. Paul said that the marriage is the great mystery of the Christ and the Church. We are the bride who becomes one with the Bridegroom. We become one in purpose and Spirit and body. We are the body and He is the head. Without the Head the Body cannot function. Without the Body the Head finds it hard to use hands or feet. I am not saying that without us, God or Christ can’t function in the world, but that’s not the point. The point is we are one with Christ so that we can function in this world, bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth. WOW! Think about that. I am not taking a present from Christ when I come to believe in Who/What/Where He is. I am accepting a Marriage proposal. It’s so much bigger than a present. I think about the difference between My S.O. giving me a gift and marrying me. Gifts are a nice thing to have and yes they can be sentimental, but if I had to choose between the wedding ring and the marriage, I would take the marriage.