This saturday we watched another Rob Bell video titled "Rhythm". It had to do with how we see God. Do we see him as some "Wizard of OZ" figure who is off behind a curtain pulling levers, blessing this one and not blessing that one. Or do we see him as someone who made the universe but then sits back from some remote vantage point and watches maybe coming back now and then or getting involved only occassionally? Rob Bell said when he thinks of God he hears a song. He said Jesus showed us how to be in tune with the song. That everyone is playing the song, the question is, are you playing it in tune? Here are some challenging questions that he asks us:
What does it mean for you to be in or out of tune with the song?
Are you in tune?
Can you believe in God and be out of tune with the song?
Does it work the other way around?
What is more important to Jesus: what we believe or what we do?
How would you answer these questions? We would love to read your comments!
Don't forget to pray for Brian and wife Jean vacationing in Hawaii for their 30th! Pray that Brian will stay away from the big waves on the North side!
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Yeah, I thought these were great questions. In fact, questions I've had recently. Especially, is it more important what we believe or is it more important what we do? How about:could a professed atheist be more in tune than a professed Christian? C.S.Lewis suggests just such a thing in The Last Battle from his Chronicles of Naria series. In it, the Tarkaan warrior who has believed in and sought the false "god" Tash all his life is welcomed into eternity by Aslan (the true God or Jesus). Aslan says: anything good and true done in the name of Tash are really done to Aslan and anything ugly or evil done in the name of Aslan is really done to Tash. This is not to say that what we believe or sound doctrine is NOT important but if it negates love and goodness then we need a reality check!
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