140 Years of Jesus in Idaho Falls

 Seeing Jesus in One Another Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.   Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.   II Cor 5:16-17 (NASB) The NASB "recognize" in the above verse is the Greek word " eido ," which means "to see." But like the English verb "see," eido can mean "to see with the eyes" or "to see with the mind, to understand."  Thus some translations have "from now on we see no one according to the flesh," or "from now on we know no one according to the flesh."  And while "no one" could apply to how we as believers look at anyone, believers or non-believers, the next verse suggests that the primary application is to other believers, those who are in Christ.  We are to recognize or see the ne

Jesus in the Ordinary (second draft, 8/21/22) Every day we experience Jesus in ways we rarely recognize because they are so ordinary, so common, so "natural."  Life, in all it's dimensions, is a gift from God and reflects His character and work.  David observed in Psalm 139:13, "You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb," and added (vs. 16), "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."  Though the secondary causes may be more obvious, every day Jesus supplies the necessities of life and the blessings of life - the air we breath, the water we drink and require for many other uses, the food we eat ("our daily bread"), and the sleep our bodies need. He coordinates the chemistry and biology of the trillions* of cells in our bodies so that we can function, can think and move and work and see and speak and do countless other things.  Jesus' work is reflected in the beauty an