Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Pursuit of truth

John 4:21 -23"Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem. You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day. God's way of salvation is made available through the Jews. But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you're called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter.

23 -24"It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration."

25The woman said, "I don't know about that. I do know that the Messiah is coming. When he arrives, we'll get the whole story."

26"I am he," said Jesus. "You don't have to wait any longer or look any further."


The sermon series at my church has been on the Christian Worldview for the past few weeks. It has been enlightening to me and very educational. I have caught myself listening to television, friends, family members, students, etc. to see how their worldviews line up with the Christian worldview. We really need to be careful because we are watering down the faith. We let so many ideas infiltrate our minds that we are in danger of leaving out key elements of Christianity. Because we want to be tolerant, we accept teachings that are not a part of the Bible. The only way to really know what God expects of us is to read the Bible for ourselves. We don't need to rely on other people to be our only guide to the truth. It is all there for us to read for ourselves. I have always been guilty of reading other people's ideas and not discovering ideas from scripture on my own. It might be a little late, but that is my resolution, not just for this year, but for years to come.

We're stuck in the house today; ice and sleet has blanketed the earth. Instead of playing on the computer and watching television, I should be reading.

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