Today we began our week of teaching on the nature and character of God. Randy Thomas is our speaker for the week. He is extremely entertaining and pulls apart Bible stories to make each of us meditate on the story. Today he talked about the Mystery of Jesus; he gave us 10 mysteries. Although they may seem obvious and simplistic at first it’s important to think about each mystery closely and deeply.
The Mystery of Jesus
1.) He was born in a barn.
2.) He had questionable parents.
3.) He had a funny birth announcement.
4.) He was not handsome (Isaiah 53:2).
5.) He was raised in a bad neighborhood.
6.) He owned nothing.
7.) He had strange public relations (John the Baptist).
8.) Picked a motley crew to be his apostles.
9.) He died a bad death.
It isn’t that Randy thinks every single one of these things is a complex mystery. He wanted to challenge our thought process on each one; making us think as they did in the time of Jesus. I’m looking forward to diving deeper into the nature and character of God.
God was really tugging at my heart this morning. I am pretty darn sure that this week he is going to take out some walls that I have built up in my life. If I am sure of one thing it is that this process isn't going to be easy. Please keep me in your prayers. I am in need of healing and I know that I cannot move on until this wound is healed.
That made me think of when Jesus Got angry at a fig tree and cursed it, and it withered and died right then. It just seems odd to me that the "happy" Jesus that I have formed in my mind would get angry at a tree and curse it and then kill it. I know the story is more about being fruitful in the body of Christ, but Still; to see the Christ get angry, To see God get angry at some of creation and see his power, come out in both anger and love, love for the rest of the trees that do produce fruit that serve.
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interesting thought, cory. it seriously is ridiculous to think about how we have molded him into what we think he is or what he should be. it's amazing what he can do when we let him mold himself. thanks for that!
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