The Real Value of the Bible
I just love the Bible. The stories of the Old and New Testament, I love them all.
I can imagine myself a spectator there in the Garden of Eden, watching Adam and Eve trying to answer God's questions. It's a good thing He's not asking me those questions.
I can read the acounts of Moses and the burning bush and his own fourty long years trekking through the desert, all from the air-conditioned comfort of a modern sancuary.
I can reflect a moment on the sermon on the mount while sitting in a polished wooden pew, as opposed to those first listerners who sat on the rock-strewn hillside of Galilee.
In complete safety and comfort, I can read all the stories of the Bible... yea, right!!!
Is it heresy to imagine that the only value in the Bible is it's ability to inspire us to move out of our safety and comfort, to experience first-hand the Spirit of God, the Ruach, moving through creation, that we might reflect the Word in the world ?
Put down that book! Our God is a living God, and He is alive in the World right now, not trapped between dusty pages!!! That would be almost as funny as thinking we could put God in some gold-plated box... oops, we did that one already.
Matthew 27:51 "At that moment the spine of the Bible was torn in two from top to bottom. Wall Street shook and the Internet went down." (Slightly Altered Version)
I can imagine myself a spectator there in the Garden of Eden, watching Adam and Eve trying to answer God's questions. It's a good thing He's not asking me those questions.
I can read the acounts of Moses and the burning bush and his own fourty long years trekking through the desert, all from the air-conditioned comfort of a modern sancuary.
I can reflect a moment on the sermon on the mount while sitting in a polished wooden pew, as opposed to those first listerners who sat on the rock-strewn hillside of Galilee.
In complete safety and comfort, I can read all the stories of the Bible... yea, right!!!
Is it heresy to imagine that the only value in the Bible is it's ability to inspire us to move out of our safety and comfort, to experience first-hand the Spirit of God, the Ruach, moving through creation, that we might reflect the Word in the world ?
Put down that book! Our God is a living God, and He is alive in the World right now, not trapped between dusty pages!!! That would be almost as funny as thinking we could put God in some gold-plated box... oops, we did that one already.
Matthew 27:51 "At that moment the spine of the Bible was torn in two from top to bottom. Wall Street shook and the Internet went down." (Slightly Altered Version)
posted by Eric Blazek | 11:27 PM
1 Comments:
The Bible is valueless unless it is read. Then, as you've pointed out, it will only have value if we allow it to make us uncomfortable and cause us to act.
When we use it to make ourselves comfortable with our actions, we're doomed.
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