Aren't they beautiful?
We love our echo chambers. Everything we say is agreed with, what we think is stated continually.
They are dangerous, though. There's a world out there that is not echoing your ideas!
I find it interesting, as a conservative Bible believer, to see that there is a certain personality that loves their own echo chamber and refuses to listen to anything outside.
I've been "abandoned" by several liberal mind-set people in this past year. I'm not even a Trump supporter, but they can't handle my conservative views.
I don't back down from relationships because of my views. I pursue them! Isn't that what Christ-followers do? We are to engage! We are to love! We are to serve and help!
We aren't supposed to back away.
Lately I've been thinking about 1 Corinthians 15:21 "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead."
That verse defines my views more than any other in Scripture. It is pivotal. The next verse is powerful too: As in Adam all die, in Christ, shall be made alive.
If these verses are true my life should reflect the Word of God and its teachings.
This includes a "Young Earth" view of history. It affirms the centrality of Christ in the saving of mankind and the earth for a millenial kingdom. It states a worldview that recognizes our need for Christ, and Christ alone.
The entire chapter of 1 Corinthians 15 is powerful. I should memorize it. G.F. Handel quoted it freely in "The Messiah."
It is amazing.
We all love the beautiful promises of Scripture, but we tend to become echo-chamberish when quoting these things.
God defines Himself, and that is LOVE.
But He is a holy judge, and we must recognize His commands for living----marriage standards, selflessness, His story (not ours, not "science's").
Don't we all want to define God our own way? We want a nice little grandfather/mother in the sky who looks like us, who only blesses, only drops candy. This Person would never condemn "love."
No wonder the first commandment, repeated by Jesus Christ in the NT is, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me!"
It's the command we find the easiest to break.
Let Scripture define your God. The God of the Bible is real, powerful, active, and working out a massive plan for humankind.
Believe Him. Don't even try to define Him to fit in your echo chamber.
He won't. He defines Himself, and you can read all about it in His Word.
It's time to leave your chamber.
We love our echo chambers. Everything we say is agreed with, what we think is stated continually.
They are dangerous, though. There's a world out there that is not echoing your ideas!
I find it interesting, as a conservative Bible believer, to see that there is a certain personality that loves their own echo chamber and refuses to listen to anything outside.
I've been "abandoned" by several liberal mind-set people in this past year. I'm not even a Trump supporter, but they can't handle my conservative views.
I don't back down from relationships because of my views. I pursue them! Isn't that what Christ-followers do? We are to engage! We are to love! We are to serve and help!
We aren't supposed to back away.
Lately I've been thinking about 1 Corinthians 15:21 "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead."
That verse defines my views more than any other in Scripture. It is pivotal. The next verse is powerful too: As in Adam all die, in Christ, shall be made alive.
If these verses are true my life should reflect the Word of God and its teachings.
This includes a "Young Earth" view of history. It affirms the centrality of Christ in the saving of mankind and the earth for a millenial kingdom. It states a worldview that recognizes our need for Christ, and Christ alone.
The entire chapter of 1 Corinthians 15 is powerful. I should memorize it. G.F. Handel quoted it freely in "The Messiah."
It is amazing.
We all love the beautiful promises of Scripture, but we tend to become echo-chamberish when quoting these things.
God defines Himself, and that is LOVE.
But He is a holy judge, and we must recognize His commands for living----marriage standards, selflessness, His story (not ours, not "science's").
Don't we all want to define God our own way? We want a nice little grandfather/mother in the sky who looks like us, who only blesses, only drops candy. This Person would never condemn "love."
No wonder the first commandment, repeated by Jesus Christ in the NT is, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me!"
It's the command we find the easiest to break.
Let Scripture define your God. The God of the Bible is real, powerful, active, and working out a massive plan for humankind.
Believe Him. Don't even try to define Him to fit in your echo chamber.
He won't. He defines Himself, and you can read all about it in His Word.
It's time to leave your chamber.
