Theology is done on the knees in prayer, in the church in worship, behind the desk at study. But, it is also done in community -- in coffee shops, at work, around the dinner table. Theology is written in scholarly texts, spiritual classics, liturgies. But it is also scribbled on napkins, envelopes, and random scraps of paper. Coffee shop, napkin thought theology is all you will find here -- hardly worthy of the name theology at all, more question than answer, often done in real time -- yet done for the glory of God. May His blessing be upon those who read and His mercy upon this sinner who writes.

14 May 2013

Innocence

Innocence

Following is a post from Br. Curtis Almquist of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist, a monastic community in the Anglican/Episcopal tradition.  I highly commend their website and daily reflections.

Posted: May 13, 2013 01:00 am
If Jesus, knowing you even better than you know yourself, were to say to you, “You are innocent,” could you take it in? This is not the adjudication of our innocence but rather the restoration of our innocence. Our being made innocent again by Christ.


What a profound idea, that the declaration of our innocence by the Lord Jesus "is not the adjudication of our innocence but rather the restoration of our innocence."  The judge does not simply decree my innocence, with both of us knowing full well I am guilty as hell; rather, the judge, through his perfect identification with me and incorporation of me, makes me innocent, overcoming "original sin" with original innocence.  Of course, the working out of this innocence takes a lifetime; it is already true but not yet fully evident.  We struggle and pray and work to live into that innocence.
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