Cana Seminary

Only love that cannot be changed by our behavior has the power to change our behavior. See yourself through His eyes.

The desire of the Trinity has always been to include our unique value in their oneness. Father, Son and Holy Spirit hold us together in an eternal, inseparable union that transcends friendship, fellowship or partnership. Communication is beyond conversation. Thoughts and dreams become shared. The God who is sovereign love brings us into profound union with love Himself.

“This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.”
—Karl Barth, The Humanity of God, via Anthony Mullins

We must behold the blood of Christ until we see our conscience purged and we are fully persuaded of our innocence in the Father's eyes that we may boldly go to Him and receive His embrace of love without condition or limit.

"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
—Heb. 9:14, KJV

"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."
—Heb. 10:22, KJV

"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."
—2 Cor. 5:19, KJV

"It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor)."
—2 Cor. 5:19, AMP

God does not ignore our past or make excuses to our conscience—He shows both the greater reality of our death with Christ and resurrection in Him as a New Creation. 2 Cor. 5:14-19

"We are always asking, 'What is truth?' And then crucifying the truth that stands right before our eyes."
—Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island

“Son of God” & “Son of Man” are both titles of the One who was both 100% God & 100% man—Jesus Christ. Both God & man are fully represented in Him—including you! He is the incarnate visible representation of the invisible eternal God, Creator and sustainer of all things, face to face with the Father from before the beginning—the great I AM. Jesus is the Mercy Seat, the Mobile Tabernacle, and the High Priest who made the final sacrifice and entered the Holy of Holies by His own blood once and for all, declaring “It is finished!”. You died with Him. You rose with Him. You ascended with Him to be seated with Him. Behold! This is why you can believe.
(See John 1, Col. 1, Rom. 5, Heb. 10-11, 2 Cor. 5:14-6:2, Eph. 1-2)

“Christ died to save us, not from suffering, but from ourselves; not from injustice, far less from justice, but from being unjust. He died that we might live—but live as He lives, by dying as He died who died to Himself.”
—George MacDonald

How we love to make the simple Gospel complicated. Still, Jesus is the center of all things. Christ is all in all.