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Originally Posted by aron
In retrospect, I often feel that I likewise am filled with the "wrong spirit" as I post my comments. Once I happened upon an ecumencial christian website from a city in England where a number of local churchers from that city were posting the "rich ministry" exerpts from WL & WN, and when I (politely, so I thought) questioned the thinking of their "oracle" they replied that I was dark, shallow, and vain.
Perhaps they were right; perhaps I am vituperative and small-minded. Perhaps my remarks, even if having some substance, are unchristian in spirit.
Okay: let me try again.
Isn't there at least the possibility that when the poet David said, "God saved me because he delights in me" that he was prefiguring in some way the coming Messiah, Christ Jesus our Lord? And don't you think there is some possibility that if we see this shining One that we ourselves will get transferred, and also live (cf Num 21:8,9)? Don't we also want our Father to delight in us?
The way to the Father to believe into Jesus Christ. The Bible is about Jesus, first and foremost. This website is about Jesus Christ, not WL or his henchmen or some bitter, disaffected former local churchers.
And given the encouragements of Hebrews to "see Jesus" (2:9) and Paul's repeated exhortations pointing us to experience and enjoy His salvation in the OT text and Peter's similar words of exhortation in Acts 2 (and elsewhere) and the numerous citations in the gospels, shouldn't we be eagerly wrestling with the text to mine the Christ waiting there? The canon may be closed but God's Word is unfolding, and giving life (Psa 119:130) and the Word is a speaking Spirit, given without measure (Jo 3:34).
There. Hopefully that wasn't as bitter and vituperative as the previous post.
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I have not been able to read all the posts lately but read & felt compelled to add my .02 worth.
First off
.shame on the LCrs for calling you shallow, dark and vain. So many people have made their leaders their "god". As you pointed out, Aron, JESUS ought to be our focus. For whatever it's worth, I would not have questioned the thinking of their oracle but rather splashed them with Fresh Living Water.
It is only when people are tired of venerating their oracle, that I would slowly and carefully share the truth about their leader.
I /we ought to give them Hope. Jesus is not only the Word of Life, the Bread of Life, the Water of Life, He is the embodiment of Love. God is LOVE. I sometimes think we forget this Truth. We get caught up with our knowledge and insight and are quick to share what we know, forgetting we need to dispense what we know with Love.
Blessings all,
Carol Garza