As we close the book on Season 1 of A Fresh Take, Pastor Paul and Mark continue their conversation from last week on how we can grow closer to God through our relationship with Christ. So many of our relationships nowadays are transactional in nature--we want to know what we can get from the other person and how much it will cost us. These relationships are never unconditional and, as a result, never safe or secure. Yet more evidence of our fallen nature, our humanistic drive to seek after transactional relationships also leads us to ask the wrong questions when it comes to cultivating a deeper knowledge of and connection to God. Instead of asking, "What do we need to do?" to be in relationship with God, the real question is, "What has God already done?" The answer, of course, is Christ.

Just as a bride doesn't have to "earn" a proposal and commitment from her groom, so we too never have to earn our relationship with Christ. In today's episode, Pastor Paul looks at the traditional Jewish marriage ceremony and its different parts (proposal, betrothal, and marriage supper) serve as an analogy of the relationship between Christ and his bride, the Church. 

Thanks for joining us for the first season of A Fresh Take, and we look forward to having you join us again for more fresh takes on timely and timeless issues with Season 2 starting in September. 

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