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February 04, 2005

We DON'T KNOW God!

About two years ago, I set about on a quest...

TO READ THE WORD OF GOD IN A COMPLETELY UNADULTERATED MANOR- WITHOUT THE DISTRACTION OF THE THEOLOGIES CREATED BY MAN. I WOULD ONLY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO "LEAD ME INTO ALL TRUTH"

What I discovered, brought me to this realization... WE DON'T KNOW GOD AT ALL!

The Church in America has become more of a "middle-class moral code" than anything else. We pick and choose the most comfortable parts of Christianity and mold them to our liking. If we LOOK like we are living by certain standards, we feel good about ourselves and therefore assume that God is "happy" with us or that we live "Godly" lives. Not so. Not so, by a long shot.

We wonder why the Church has no power. We wonder why our friends no longer go to church with us. We wonder why we hardly see any miracles in our country. It's because we are aneorexic. We are lacking food. We are lacking the WORD. We THINK we are fat and well fed (by religion), yet we are barely able to make it through the day without falling to temptation, because we are so skinny and weak! We have no WORD in us! We are walking around dead and we don't even know it! I went to a church in Malibu, a few years ago, where I felt like an outcast for even bringing my Bible to church! It was incredible how the rantings and ravings from the pulpit could lack the Word so much. Interesting thing was, when the church eventually had a huge split, I saw people thrown into tailspins. This was from a lack of a Word-life. The pastors there did not equip their congregation for hard times... only for emotionally-charged good times, fueled by awesome worship. I've been on the other end of the church spectrum also, where the church had denied the Power of God and the gifts that He has given us in the Bible. In both instances, very lacking.

I was spiritually aneorexic for 25+ years! Luckily, my mother stressed the importance of memorization. This has kept me out of SO much trouble in my life, due to the Word of God that I had, hidden in my heart! But, I've fallen, over and over again, due to the lack of a Word-walk!

Here's my question... How do we, as the Church, claim to KNOW Jesus when we don't read His very Living Word? How do we live by something we don't understand? Are we really content to give our very lives to this mythical religion called Christianity, but not actually know what we are living by? Why do we look forward to a place called Heaven, when we don't even personally KNOW the God we are someday going to BE with? OK, OK... so, how do we know Him?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thiing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:1-5

The answer???: By reading and knowing the Bible and asking the Holy Spirit to "lead us into all truth". My life has not been the same since I began this pursuit. There are others who are taking this journey with me and they also have been forever changed. There is freedom in the Truth and I am now free. The best part of it all... the answer to all the problems... I'm now getting to know God.

Posted by chasyrdrmz at February 4, 2005 12:11 PM

Comments

Way to go Jibbz! Life would be so much easier for all of us if people would just read their Bibles more! It's common for Americans to have several different translations doing nothing but collecting dust on the shelf, while people in third-world countries hover around a single page of Scripture by candlelight, memorizing the one page and then passing it on to the next village. I'm not saying we shouldn't have the different translations, but what would it be like if we were as hungry for the Word as they?

Posted by: Aaron Lord [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 4, 2005 06:47 PM

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