Message: “Growing What Is Good, vol. 2: Everybody Wants to Rule the World” from Ross Stackhouse

In every human being, there is the image of God. God has shared God’s glory with every person, and every person is created to reflect God’s bright, shining light into the people around them. As we all know, that’s not what ends up happening. The image gets covered up. We hide from ourselves. We hide from others. We hide from God. And as we hide, we resort to our own survival techniques. We try to determine what good and evil is on our own. We give into our desire for more power and status for ourselves. As the ’80’s hit song says, “Everybody wants to rule the world.” As we grow older and the world hardens us, we become the rulers of our own little empires. Oddly, it turns out that God created us to rule the world but not just for ourselves. God made us in God’s image to rule the world with God, for each other, and for God’s glory. What’s that actually mean for everyday life?

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From Series: "Growing What Is Good"

When we talk about “growing what is good”, we are not just talking about growing something outside of ourselves. We are talking about growing…us. We are originally good, supremely good, according to Genesis 1. Jesus comes to Earth to take on what has destroyed us and restore us to our original goodness. He is the first of the New Humanity in the New Creation. He calls us to become part of the New Humanity in the New Creation.