Simple complexity

I was inspired by Daniel Hill again, though I think this will only be one post.

He asked recently "If you were trying to summarize the mission of God to one sentence, what would you say?"

http://pastordanielhill.com/2015/02/03/if-you-were-asked-to-summarize-the-mission-of-jesus-to-one-sentence-what-would-you-say/?

His thoughts are good, and I appreciated his wanting people to not be glib with it, because this is an important mission, children and followers need to understand it, and it is easy to look find conflicting messages.

I almost felt guilty that I had such a simple answer that came to mind so quickly:

"For behold, this is my work and my glory--to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."
-Moses 1:39

Then the more I thought about it, the more I realized was in there.

Here is the level at which I had previously thought about it. Christ's resurrection means that we will all be resurrected, bringing to pass the immortality. His suffering for our sins means that we can be free of them, and thus eligible for eternal life. Fulfilling these two aspects of the Atonement brings the mission to fruition. It's important to know and understand, and true, and you have it all together in one short sentence.

There is more in there when you look at it. His mission on earth contained those two events, but also contained the organization of the church, teachings that were captured in the scriptures, his life as an example for us to follow, and the lives that he touched individually. Those are all still relevant to the mission, but then it is expanded.

This includes some of the other phrases that Hill mentioned:

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Luke 19:11

"...The Kingdom of Heaven has come near." Matthew 10:7

You can find many other scriptures where Jesus refers to the Kingdom. Many were parables that told us what the Kingdom of Heaven was like. For all of their differences they were all true. Reflecting on that may tell us many things. Reflecting on reclaiming the lost will certainly teach us many things.

There may even be important lessons in reflecting upon the difference between being man, with personal concerns, and being God, where the primary source of purpose and satisfaction comes from saving persons.

So it is interesting for me to see that yes, that is a simple and complete answer in one way, but on another level complete is ever-expanding. There will always be more, and there is complexity within the simplicity. It sounds like paradox, but it isn't.