November 10th, 2009 Washed-out
The Great Controversy between good and evil is a war between the way of life and the way of death. The way of life is an intentional transformation from self-centering to God-centering, that is, from seeing ourselves as the center of our world, to seeing kindness toward God and all of His people as the central feature. We move from existing as self-interested cartoon mercenaries, to other-interested servants of Christ. We become truly human, i.e., people as God designed and planned for people to be.
In contrast, the way of death keeps self at the center. It sees life and the world in terms of exploitable objects. All ministers to one’s own whims and preferences. It is a journey from potential humanity downward. We choose to reduce ourselves to object status. We become fully-realized cartoons.
So. The way of life, or the way of death—the way of humanity or the way of cartoonification—the way of divine image restored or divine image nullified; this is our journey. From wherever we are today, this moment, we choose our path toward the answer.
Either way there is a washing-out. One is a removal of purities, the other, the removal of impurities. One or the other will be washed out; today I am one step closer to the terminus. Opportunity is knocking and we are answering. Just which opportunity?