Ta mee cooinaghtyn dy mie, cuid jeh ny bleeaney er-dy-henney, dy nee’n cheshtaghyn va mee er n’yannoo m’aigney myr Creestiagh ny s’yoarree (as cuid jeh my chaarjyn myrgeddin) v’eh shoh: cre’n obbyr t’ec Jee son e phobble? Ta shin er nyn ghlenney, ta shin er nyn ghlenney as er gheddyn bea noa ayns Yeesey Creest, cre’n red ta ry-heet? Son shickyrys, va fys ain jeh’n ghrioghey cliaghtey jeh’n Catechism Shorter Westminster: dy vel y chied obbyr jeh’n dooinney dy ghloyraghey Jee as dy ghoaill taitnys jeh son dy bragh: va fys ain jeh shen, as chred shin eh. Toiggal shin myrgeddin lesh reddyn ny s’giare, myr unnane jeh cwoaie focklyn ny lomarcan—graih da Jee, graih da dty naboo. Agh ayns aght erbee cha row ny reddyn shoh, ny reddyn elley nagh row shin ry-hoi, er nyn skyn. Son shen-y-fa ta mee booiagh dy choardail rish shiuish raad ta my sniaghtey er jeet gys shee tra ta mee er-gerrey da’n jerrey jeh my pilgrimage er y thalloo, as t’eh—ta Jee er ny choyrt gys e phobble dy ve myr Creest. Ta’n Chreestiaght ny toilchinys Yee son pobble Yee.
As my ta shen firrinagh, ta mee cur stiagh ny reddyn shoh: ec y toshiaght dy chur sheese y bun biblicagh son y ghlare gys Creest; yn nah cheayrt, dy choyrt cuid jeh eishtaghyn jeh’n Testament Noa; yn treeoo, dy yannoo reddyn pragmatagh. As t’eh ooilley cowraghey dy ve myr Creest.
As shen-y-fa t’eh y chied red ta’n bun biblicagh son y ghlare gys Creest. Cha nee un text t'ayn: t'eh ny s'substansiagh na'n aght t'eh ry-encapsulate ayns un text. Ta'n bun ry-akin ayns three textyn, as t'eh ry-akin dy vel shin goaill rish ayns nyn smooinaghtyn as nyn bea Chreestee: Romanyn 8:29, 2 Corintianee 3:18, as 1 Ean 3:2. Shione dooin ny tree shoh goaill stiagh.
Ta Romanyn 8:29 gra dy vel Jee er n’yannoo ymmyd jeh e phobble dy ve cordail rish jalloo e Vac: shen-y-fa dy ve myr Yeesey. Ta shin ooilley toiggal dy row Adam er choayl mooarane—agh cha nee ooilley—jeh’n jalloo diuish ayns v’eh er ny chroo. Agh ta Jee er n’yannoo eh reesht ayns Creest. Ta co-chosney rish jalloo Yee cowraghey dy ve myr Yeesey: Ta co-chosney rish Creest yn obbyr eternal predestinated jeh Jee.
My daa text is 2 Corinthians 3:18: “As ta shin ooilley, lesh y ghloyr gyn scughey, cur-my-ner gloyr y Chiarn, er nyn ghlenney gys e cho-chaslys, veih rang gloyr gys rang gloyr elley: son ta shoh cheet veih’n Chiarn, ta’n Spyrryd.” As shen-y-fa she liorish y Spyrryd hene ta cummal ayn, ta shin er nyn ghlenney veih gloyr gys gloyr—she vision ard-vooaralagh eh. Ayns y daa stayd shoh dy ve myr Creest, ver oo tastey da dy vel y perspective er chaghlaa veih’n traa t’er n’gholl shaghey gys y traa t’ayn jiu, veih’n predestination eternal ec Jee gys y ghraih t’eh er chaghlaa ain nish liorish y Spyrryd Noo. T’eh er chaghlaa veih y ghraih eternal jeh Jee dy yannoo shin myr Creest, gys e obbyr tashtey liorish e Spyrryd Noo dy ghra shin gys jalloo Yeesey.
Ta shen my chur gys y treeoo text: 1 Ean 3:2. “Chaarjyn, ta shin cloan Yee nish as cha vel eh er ny hoilshaghey foast cre’n aght vees shin, agh ta fys ain tra vees eh er ny hoilshaghey, dy bee shin myr eh, son ver mayd eh myr t’eh.” Cha nel fys ain ayns red erbee cre’n aght vees mayd ayns y laa jerrinagh, agh ta fys ain dy bee mayd myr Creest. Cha nel feme erbee orrin dy hoiggal ny smoo na shoh. Ta shin boggyssagh rish y firrinys gloyroil dy bee shin marish Creest, myr Creest, son dy bragh. Ta trimmid perspective ayn—er-dy-hoshiaght, y traa t’ayn, as y traa ry-heet.
Ta’d ooilley shooyll er yr un raad: ta’n obbyr eternal ec Jee, ta shin er nyn rheynn ro-laue; ta’n obbyr taghyrtagh ec Jee, ta shin er nyn ghlenney, er nyn ghlenney liorish y Spyrryd Noo; as ta’n obbyr derrey-jerrey ny eschatological ec Jee, bee mayd myr Eshyn, son ver mayd Eshyn myr t’eh. Ta’n tree, yn eternal, y tashtey, as y eschatological, co-cheangailt gys yr un chronk jeh’n Chreestiaght. Ta shoh, ta mee cur stiagh, y red ta Jee er n’yannoo son pobble Yee. Ta shen y bun biblicagh son ve myr Creest: she y ghraih t’ec Jee son pobble Yee.
Ta mee erreish dy gholl er-shaghryn dy hoilshaghey y firrinys shoh lesh ymmodee eishtaghyn jeh’n Testament Noa. Ayns an toshiaght, ta mee credjal dy vel eh fondagh dooin dy yannoo staydys coontit, myr ta’n apostle Ean jannoo ayns 1 Ean 2:6: “eshyn ta gra dy vel eh cummal ayns Creest, lhisagh eh goll er y raad cheddin myr hie eh.” Ayns goan elley, my ta shin gra dy vel shin Creestee, shegin dooin ve myr Creest. Ta’n chied eie jeh’n Testament Noa: shegin dooin ve myr Creest ayns e Incarnation.
Faag-jee cuid jiuish dy row ad ry-cheilley ayns aggle jeh’n aght shoh. Son shickyrys, jir oo rhym, va’n Incarnation ny red dy chooilley red ymmyrchagh as cha nel eh ry-hoi ymmyrchagh ayns aght erbee? My freggyrt da’n cheesh shen, she she as cha nel. Ta, v’eh un-ghooghyssagh, ayns y chiart-chree dy ghow Mac Yee ar dooghys da hene ayns Yeesey Nazareth, un uair as son dy bragh as son dy bragh, nagh bee eh er ny yannoo reesht. Ta shen firrinagh. Agh ta stayd elley ayns nagh row yn Incarnation ymmyrchagh: y ghrayse ymmyrchagh jeh Jee ayns Incarnation Chreest dy ve lesh shin ooilley.
Yn Incarnation, ayns y chiart shen, cha row eh ymmyrchagh agh ymmyrchagh. Ta shin ooilley er nyn goyrt dy leih y skeeal jeh e ard-ynrickys tra haink eh sheese veih niau gys y thalloo. As shen-y-fa, v’eh ry-hoi scrieu Paul ayns Philippianee 2:5-8: “Bee-jee yn smooinaghtyn shoh nyn mast’ eu hene.
