While I was reflecting on today's passage I was like, "What should I reflect on? basically the same thing happened in this chapter.. Paul preaching and opposition against the Truth." The words: "Dead words" and yesterday's sermon came into mind. Ahhh... God rebuked me that I had a "surface level of understanding" attitude.
Pastor James preached about growing up and one of the ways was: we need to move on to the deeper levels of understanding. I realized I wasn't growing up in the Word..I was shrinking.
I have been following the series of Luke by Pastor Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill Church. If you ladies have time, you should definitely check it out. It's interesting because they show the actual places where these stories took place! After I watched the first sermon, i realized: this is real. Kind of ridiculous right? I've heard/read these stories ever since I was young...but I realized I had a mindset that these events were just stories...
I apologize for going off topic =X but something God has put on my heart these couple of days...
But Praise God for His understanding, grace, and patience with me and my lack of knowledge and faith...
Have a lovely week ladies! HOpe everyone is enjoying the dayy off :)
1 comment:
thanks innie for your reflection today. even though paul was a missionary to the gentiles, it was his habit when he arrived in a new city to go to the jewish synagogue first to try to reason with his own people that Jesus was the Christ. he reasoned with the jews that Jesus was the Christ from the very same scriptures that the jews supposedly believed in. i guess it is possible to read the scriptures and to not ever believe in its message. may we read the scriptures in such a way that we would be that much more convicted of its truths, rather than in a way that leads to a further hardening of the heart.
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