A Moveable Feast

I actually don't know what that book is about, but that phrase came to me when I was thinking what to title this blog.  In science, in order for a theory to be sound, it must be reproducable.  In other words, it must be applicable. The process must be something that others can themselves carry out, and find similar results.

This morning at church, Mark talked about the Holy Spirit.  Allow me, before I go on, to digress a moment to talk about the holy trinity.  Of course, that means God AS the Father, God AS the Son, and God AS the Holy Spirit.  Now philosophically, that's a mess.  Let's just admit it!  But here's how I figure it. If a little tiny Tiff can have "inner dualities" -that even exchange ideas,and sometimes argue!- and still just be ONE person, then just mayyyybe God Himself can be a triumvirate, and still just be ONE God?? Anyway, so God the Father is like- I dunno- the "head" of the whole deal. I'm really not sure.  But I know that God the Son is Christ- the physical incarnation of God.  And God the Holy Spirit is just that- God's very spirit- and that is what I refer to as the "moveable feast."  Anyway, back to this morning's sermon.

Mark put a LOT of emphasis on the idea of Jesus setting aside the privileges of Godhood while He walked the earth. -Now let me clarify.  He was STILL God.  But He set that aside, because something else needed to get credit for His actions. I love this, because it is lovING.  Think about being a parent (social worker, boss...), and setting aside your knowledge of how to carry out X task, and letting your child (client, subordinate....) do it themselves- NOT because you literally cannot, at that moment, do it yourself- but because you need that _____ to get credit for doing it him/her-SELF.  THEY need the credit.  The analogy I'm drawing is not one of parent and child, but one of capability and credit.

See, Jesus was ABLE to work all the miracles He did on this earth AS God Himself.  But He set that aside,and allowed the Spirit of the Father work THROUGH him.  Now, wait a minute.  Jesus didn't do those things out of His OWN Godhood?  -Nope.  This is why it was important to review the trinity.  Jesus as God the Son *set aside* those capabilities, and allowed the Holy Spirit to work THROUGH Him, like I said.  Well isn't ALL the power ultimately just, ya know, GOD's?  Well yes.  But through separate conduits.  Christ set aside His ability to be a conduit, because He needed the Spirit to get the credit.

Why?  Well, several reasons.  First of all, letting the Spirit work through Him points everything back to the Father.  And that is foundational in the Gospel.  Second, because this creates a reproducible blueprint.  In order for God to become FULLY available to humanity, God had to BECOME a human, and to design a "process of connection" that is REPRODUCIBLE with any and all humans.  Christ set aside His Godhood and let the Spirit work THROUGH Him.  Then he sent the Spirit to US, so the Spirit could work THROUGH us!  Thus, the Holy Spirit is a Moveable Feast.  <3