The Problem with Being "Mostly Dead"

A lot of Christians are mostly dead.

This is a really big problem because in order to be full in Jesus they have to die the rest of the way first. The old life has to go so they can start their new life... So if they don’t want to die, then they are going to need help, and it is not going to be pretty!


In Jesus all the fullness of Diety dwells in Bodily form, and in Jesus we are given all of this fullness. While those around us try to fill themselves up with everything that the world offers, for the Christ follower we are given ultimate fullness from God himself. This is not a quick fix, or easy, but it is true. When Jesus died, he took our sins with him, and in exchange he offers us his God-ness. It is a rags to riches story for which the world has never seen and equal.


But... to have this fullness we have to die to our old way of life. We cannot add Jesus to whatever we were already doing. To gain Christ, the old dies and we are reborn in a renewed image of him... It cost me everything that I have, in exchange for everything that he is.


Some have tried to have both, but they end up not being satisfied with either. It is a lot like falling on a barbwire fence with one leg on each side... it hurts no matter who you are...

But for the foolish few who choose Jesus, the world will never look the same again. They are now awake to something bigger than themselves, and Christ himself works powerfully within them to remake them into the people they were always supposed to be....