Do you remember "Cliffs Notes"?
Those wonderful little yellow booklets that allowed you to not read
the book in question that you had to write a report about.
How many times did I rely on them?
Well, I ran into an article that made me think about how little most people
who claim to be followers of Christ read the Bible.
In this article, the author had written the entire Bible in 50 words. Here it is.
God made, Adam ate,
Noah built, Abraham split,
Joseph ruled, Jacob fooled,
bush talked, Moses balked,
Pharaoh plagued, people walked,
sea divided, tablets guided,
land entered, Saul freaked,
David peeked, prophets warned,
Jesus born,
God walked, love talked,
anger crucified, hope died,
Jesus rose,
Spirit flamed, Word spread,
God remained!
Even though that was fun to look at and quiet humorous, it is a good example of how "NOT" to do a Bible study. You can't take parts and pieces and string them together. Between each of those phrases that I wrote above, there are intricate pictures and parts that reveal the heart of God for his people and how his plans are all tied together leading to a restoration of this creation and his subsequent rule and reign.
Most people are quiet content to live by the "Cliff Notes" version of scripture, thinking that as long as they strive to be good people then they have been successful in having relationship with God. God didn't call us to be good..he called us into relationship with him. A relationship that begins with my giving back to God the most precious thing I possess, my very life. He, in turn, gives back that life filled with his Holy Spirit. From there, I begin the daily walk following him as I go to work, to the market, to my home. As Leonard Ravenhill (My favorite author and pastor) stated...."God did not call bad men to be good.....He called dead men to live!"
Find the life that is in the Word of God.
God on you today...........
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