Local aliens

053 locals extraterrestrialsThrough faith in Christ we are risen with him, and are carried into heaven in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2,6 Hope for all).

One day I walked into a coffee shop and was completely lost in my thoughts. I walked past a regular customer without saying hello. One called out, “Hello, where are you?” Back in reality, I replied, “Oh, hello! Sorry, I'm in another world, I feel like a half extraterrestrial." We laughed. While drinking coffee, I realized that there is a lot of truth in these words for us Christians. We are not of this world.

Jesus speaks of it in the High Priestly Prayer, which we find in John 17,16 read: "They do not belong to the world any more than I do" In verse 20 Jesus prays for us: "I do not only pray for them, but for everyone who will hear about me through their words and believe in me".

Jesus does not see us as part of this world, and Paul explains: "We, on the other hand, are citizens of heaven, and from heaven we also await our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Philippians 3,20 New Geneva translation).

This is the position of the faithful. We are not only terrestrial inhabitants of this world, but also heavenly inhabitants, extraterrestrials!

As I thought about it further, I realized we are no longer Adam's children, but God's children born of the Spirit. Peter wrote in his first letter: “You have been born again. And you don't owe that to your parents, who gave you earthly life; no, God himself gave you new, immortal life through his living and eternal word" (1. 1 Peter 23 hope for all).

Jesus informed the Pharisee Nicodemus during their nightly meeting: “What is born of the flesh is flesh; what is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6).

Of course, this should not lead us to arrogance. Everything that you receive from God should continue to flow in a serving attitude to your fellow human beings. He gives you comfort to comfort other people. He gives you mercy so that you may be merciful to others. He forgives you for forgiving others. He has freed you from the realm of darkness in this world to accompany others to freedom. A warm greeting to all the local extraterrestrials out there.

by Cliff Neill


pdfLocal aliens