I had a "healthy" discussion with a brother on facebook (where else) on what priority should a Christian have in his or her life.
My status read, "The Bible has been given to transform us and NOT to inform us. #quote #wisdom #bible". (See Picture below)
And based on my conversation with him, I realised the obvious truth in many of our lives and in our Christian circles: "Post Modern Christians feel this deep need to know before doing". Use of Romans 10:17 is often read and understood out of context and I must say I've been guilty of that A LOT of times. I often felt that the transformation and growth in my life (good or bad) was directly linked to how much information I knew from the bible. I felt this urge to get into my bible more so that I it would result in change in my life.
And yet transformation or growth never came (or least not the way I expected). It always felt like a battle to do the things of God and do them consistently AND with zeal.
And yet the simple truth remains... Jesus didn't come on earth to produce great scholars of the word... albeit important to not be ignorant, but the purpose of God is transformation towards obedience. It's the desire to want more and be more than a filled pew at the local church. It's the desire to WALK LIKE JESUS (1John 2:6) and NOT be ashamed to FORSAKE all else and pursue meek and spirit-filled life.
So the judgement is clear. TRANSFORMATION is the order of the day. The point was never to add "Good character" to our list of accolades when our obituary is read out. The calling is LEAPS OF FAITH, POWERFUL PRAYERS and BOLD DECISIONS in the name of Christ.
Until then, we've only be eating the crumbs of a very sumptuous cake. The cake of leaving on the edge of God. Which is not a preference but a prerequisite to all those who want to follow Him BY HIS SIDE and not from a distance.
And to all good agreed to this said... Amen
My status read, "The Bible has been given to transform us and NOT to inform us. #quote #wisdom #bible". (See Picture below)
And based on my conversation with him, I realised the obvious truth in many of our lives and in our Christian circles: "Post Modern Christians feel this deep need to know before doing". Use of Romans 10:17 is often read and understood out of context and I must say I've been guilty of that A LOT of times. I often felt that the transformation and growth in my life (good or bad) was directly linked to how much information I knew from the bible. I felt this urge to get into my bible more so that I it would result in change in my life.
And yet transformation or growth never came (or least not the way I expected). It always felt like a battle to do the things of God and do them consistently AND with zeal.
And yet the simple truth remains... Jesus didn't come on earth to produce great scholars of the word... albeit important to not be ignorant, but the purpose of God is transformation towards obedience. It's the desire to want more and be more than a filled pew at the local church. It's the desire to WALK LIKE JESUS (1John 2:6) and NOT be ashamed to FORSAKE all else and pursue meek and spirit-filled life.
So the judgement is clear. TRANSFORMATION is the order of the day. The point was never to add "Good character" to our list of accolades when our obituary is read out. The calling is LEAPS OF FAITH, POWERFUL PRAYERS and BOLD DECISIONS in the name of Christ.
Until then, we've only be eating the crumbs of a very sumptuous cake. The cake of leaving on the edge of God. Which is not a preference but a prerequisite to all those who want to follow Him BY HIS SIDE and not from a distance.
And to all good agreed to this said... Amen
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