Friday, February 26, 2010
If the bible says, "I (Jesus) am the way, the truth, and the light, no man comes to the father except through me," and I believe that and live my life by that principle, then I could essentially call that my way to salvation. But then if someone with beliefs other than that of mine approaches me, is it ok for me to judge that person by saying that because you don't believe in what I do you're not going to heaven?, even though what I believe in is clearly written and backed up in the word of God!?!? This is just one of the many "controversies" that we need to perfect. Now a days I think that us Christians take things way to literally, out of context, and are not sensitive at all to the saved and unsaved people around us, and even sometimes the holy spirit. The word of God also says that "God is Love," it also portrays the qualities of love (patient, kind...we should all know this, lol) But when I read these qualities, and apply them to the word, and my experiences of constantly getting to know God more and more, I cant help but think that Jesus wouldn't condemn the sinner, but he would be his best friend. In the new testament Jesus wasn't at a Christian conference twice a week, he was on the street corners healing the blind with mud, lol, he was fishing with his friends, and eating in sinners homes, but always ministering to them by his lifestyle, not throwing scripture or condemning them. I may very well be wrong in my conclusion of all of this, but I firmly believe that we as Christians need to stop "picking" at the bible, and begin allow the breath of God to reveal his word as we read it, the way it was intended, but how can we do this if all we have is the physical bible?? PEOPLE, WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT!!!!! It's such a simple concept! The "Word" is dead to those who are dead to the holy spirit, its nothing more than mere words. We can derive all sorts of crazy ideas and philosophies if it falls upon dead eyes, we need an intimate relationship with the Lord! We need to be "truly" saved.... Some time ago, a very wise man told me that he was once asked a question by a young child, the boy asked him "How can I know when if truly saved?" And after he thought about it for a minute, he said "Walk like Enoch did." At first this may seem like a poor answer that couldn't been much more "spiritual." But for some reason, that response has been embedded in my mind for the past 10 years of my life. Enoch was a simple man who just loved Jesus. He didn't complicate things with contradicting theologies, he didn't even judge someone who didn't share in his beliefs. He simply sought Jesus all the time, and built such a profound relationship with Him that one day he "walked away" with Jesus into heaven. I long to live a life like that, or maybe like that of John, who came so close to Jesus that he laid his head on Jesus's chest and heard his heartbeat.. Thats how I wanna live my life, do you?? Think about it!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Welcome!!
Thank you for coming to my blog!! This is the first of many posts yet to come. I will be mainly focusing on what God is doing in my life. If at any time you would like to share what he is doing in your life please feel free to comment. As always, give God the praise he deserves by telling people what He's done!!
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