CHRISTIAN NORMALCY
SUBNORMAL, NORMAL, ABNORMAL
SUBNORMAL, NORMAL, ABNORMAL
Vance Havner said something like.
“The church is so SUBNORMAL that if it ever got back to the New Testament NORMAL it would seem to people to be ABNORMAL.”
Watchman Nee (not to be confused with Witness Lee) wrote about, "The Normal Christian Life" "The Normal Christian Church" and "The Normal Christian Faith."
NORMAL IS NOT AVERAGE
The Norm is gauged by Jesus, not by man, and certainly not by the average Christian.
NORMAL IS MIRACULOUS
Normal is not only above average, it is MIRACULOUS.
Normal Christian Living
Normal is above Average and is Better than our Best.
Normal is the Christ Life, the Miraculous Life.
Miraculous Made Visible, Here, Not Heaven
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
(9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Miraculous Made Possible By Grace
1 Corinthians 15:10
(10) But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Proclaiming God's Miraculous Transforming Power
Colossians 1:27-29
(27) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
(28) Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
(29) Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Indwelling Greatness
1 John 4:4
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Normal Christian Living
Normal is above Average and is Better than our Best.
Normal is the Christ Life, the Miraculous Life.
Miraculous Made Visible, Here, Not Heaven
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
(9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Miraculous Made Possible By Grace
1 Corinthians 15:10
(10) But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Proclaiming God's Miraculous Transforming Power
Colossians 1:27-29
(27) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
(28) Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
(29) Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
1 John 4:4
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
