David Brisbin Podcast

Dave Brisbin 4.19.26 When we beg Jesus to save us, we’re missing the point of salvation. Salvation is not given to us. Can’t be. Salvation is experiencing, remembering, the primal truth that we already have everything there is from a God who is love, withholds nothing. And what is that everything? Heaven? Understood as God’s acceptance, identification with us, yes, heaven. Right now? Here? Doesn’t look like heaven… And it won’t until we’ve experienced that heaven isn’t a place we’re sent, it’s remembering who we are in God’s presence. Which raises another question. What if heaven is not the end of our journey, but the beginning? We think of heaven as the reward for a life of obedience, the ultimate paycheck. But at every turn, Jesus pounds against obedience as the basis of relationship with God. Obedience is motivated by fear of punishment, and fear can only breed more fear, never love. Jesus’ Way is the process of casting out the need for fear by experiencing a perfect love we already possess. And truth