It has been a while. I am not sure who reads this anyway, but it has always been a good way to get things out of my head into the open air, so here goes:
Why do Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox Christians look at the bible the way we do? Why do we consider letters written by men to specific churches to be eternals truths we can throw like a blanket over our lives in a completely different time with different problems? Why is the only way most Christians including myself know God is through this book and if it was shown to any measure of error would our whole faith crumble?
Do we know Him, I mean really know Him? Do you know what He likes, His emotions, His favorites, the look in His eye when He's happy and the despair in His heart when its breaking. Do you ever ask Him how His day was? Is our Christianity so full of rituals, formulas, and magic words to invoke His presence, His power, and His will there's no room for relationship? Why does it say eternal life is to KNOW THE FATHER. not obey Him or become Him. To know Him, be known by Him.
Can you know Christ outside that book, outside what people say about Him? If all that was stripped away, and it was just you looking up and Him looking down, what would happen? What if your whole life got wrapped around that relationship-really. What if all the things you are trying desperately to balence hit the ground and shattered, and you let everything go so you could grab onto to Him.
We'll see....
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