April 16, 2013
Expectations
I’m getting
acquainted with a 41 year-old man who is receptive to becoming a Christian, but
has reservations. “Well, I believe in
God, but I just don’t know anything. I don’t know any of those Bible stories
that everyone else learned when they were kids [Noah, Moses].” Regardless of age, his feelings of
inferiority when stepping onto the religious landscape are not unusual. What
he, and others, not fortunate enough to be raised in the church fail to realize
is that no one is going to question them about Moses, Noah and Daniel in the
Lion’s Den. While these are all wonderful faith building stories, they are not
a pre-requisite to becoming a believer in Christ. Unbeknownst to my young
friend, he is in an extraordinary and enviable position right now because he
would be a new believer starting with a clean slate. “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven
over one sinner who repents than over ninety–nine righteous persons who do not
need to repent.” (Luke 15:7 NIV)
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Gail;
-----It is hard to tell if some have more of a relationship with the ideas of the church than with the Lord of the church. What people do and think together can obscure reality if they are not also careful together. Whether he learns Moses before or after conversion is much less important than that He learns the Lord’s Moses instead of the church’s Moses, and that his reasons to learn Moses are to know the church through the Lord’s Word rather than the Lord through the church‘s word.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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