Ending the Weekend
I definitely enjoyed this weekend! I've had better weekends, but I can't really complain about this one. Uhmm. I didn't post yesterday because everything kinda happened spontaneously. I didn't get home until 11:20 pm or so. I think I went straight to bed. Today was a better day as far as time goes. I had time to simply stop and think. I had breakfast with the family this morning. For some reason I didn't go to church. I'm not sure why...I suppose I just decided not to go. I can't say I regret the decision, but I think I would make a different decision right now. Oh well, no good comes from lamenting the past.
Right now it's about 11:30 pm and I haven't decided what I'll do for the rest of the night. I had a chance to read a few chapters out of my bible tonight. I was reading the book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament and it sorta depressed me so I stopped reading it. I think I would like to revisit the book in the future; perhaps, I read it a little slower the next time. Maybe I’ll only read a one or two chapters a day the next time. I read about three or four chapter a day, if not more, this time. I found the whole thing a little disturbing. Faithless Israel and sinful Judah! God passed judgment on both places because they would not turn from their ways.
Jeremiah scares me. I think it can be really misleading as well. If I read this book a few years ago, I would have only concentrated on the judgment God passed on the two cities. Now when I look at the verses I see the reasoning involved. In context, God gave the "children of Israel" ample time to confess their sins, repent, but they chose not to do so. I think it interesting that God would punish Israel and Judah because they would not admit to sinning. It seems as if God should be more upset about the errors of his children, than their failure to acknowledge their sins. That concept puzzles me. If you think you know why, tell me! It seems like the activity itself would be the upsetting factor. The second thing I notices is that God always talked about how the people of Israel and Judah left him to serve other gods. God says that the gods his people serve aren't real gods; he thinks they are just being foolish. You can start to see the appearance of New Testament ideals from the Old Testament, such as the confession of sins and a relationship with God. Christ did say that if any man come after me he must deny himself daily pick up his cross and follow me (Luke 9:23 I think). It still requires us to forget our other gods (things that we idolize and put on a pedestal in our lives) and allow God to be the pilot.
I decided I would flip back to the New Testament for a while. The story about Israel and Judah did depress me. I read the first 5 and 1/2 chapters of John before calling it quits. It's a great book in the bible but it confuses me. One of the biggest debates in Christianity is over the Holy Trinity. I have to confess, I understand the ability for one entity to have three separate personalities and responsibilities 3 distinct persons, but it seems like the bible supports this concept in some places and negates it in others. Jesus always calls "God the Father" Father. I realized that Jesus never calls him Lord or God. There are a few things that I find really interesting. First, Jesus claims in the book of Matthew that no one knows when the end will be. Only the father knows, but not he son. That's crazy...it's hard to believe the Son and the Father can be the same essence if they don't have equal knowledge, especially if both are suppose to be omniscient. I'll probably shoot an e-mail to a friend's dad who will probably know the answer. The second thing that driving me crazy I found today. In John 14:28, Jesus says something to the effect of I'm going away now my father who is greater than I. We all know the father is a separate person or persona, but how is he supposed to be greater than Jesus. I know in Hebrews it says that Jesus had the form of God, but emptied himself, and thereby humbled himself to death. It just confuses me a bit. I personally believe in the Trinity. This doesn't really shake my faith, but it's kinda hard to justify something seemly conflicts with the "Holy Scriptures."
On a lighter note, I googled Trinity and John 14:28. Somehow I came to this site for a guy who tried to explain the scripture, but it failed to elucidate the statement. I started flipping through the articles, and I came to a few interesting ones about the vacillation of the watchtower. Then I came to an article about a man who wrote his dissertation on Jesus Christ being gay. Wow, I think that's kinda crazy. The "world" cannot seem to agree, was he married or was he gay. I suppose will eventually write about the homosexuality of Christ, and then everyone will believe and someone will make a movie about it and it will make it to the top of the box office. Apparently, astrologers can tell if someone is gay based on their date of birth. I think that's a little laughable statement, but that's just me. It's midnight now so I think I’ll wrap this up. Have a blessed day, night, and life. I think that covers it. Thanks for reading my blog. Be well:
Scripture of the day:
Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.
John 4:21-24
Song I'm Listening to: What If His Poeple Prayed by Casting Crowns (GREAT SONG, prayer is amazing).
Right now it's about 11:30 pm and I haven't decided what I'll do for the rest of the night. I had a chance to read a few chapters out of my bible tonight. I was reading the book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament and it sorta depressed me so I stopped reading it. I think I would like to revisit the book in the future; perhaps, I read it a little slower the next time. Maybe I’ll only read a one or two chapters a day the next time. I read about three or four chapter a day, if not more, this time. I found the whole thing a little disturbing. Faithless Israel and sinful Judah! God passed judgment on both places because they would not turn from their ways.
Jeremiah scares me. I think it can be really misleading as well. If I read this book a few years ago, I would have only concentrated on the judgment God passed on the two cities. Now when I look at the verses I see the reasoning involved. In context, God gave the "children of Israel" ample time to confess their sins, repent, but they chose not to do so. I think it interesting that God would punish Israel and Judah because they would not admit to sinning. It seems as if God should be more upset about the errors of his children, than their failure to acknowledge their sins. That concept puzzles me. If you think you know why, tell me! It seems like the activity itself would be the upsetting factor. The second thing I notices is that God always talked about how the people of Israel and Judah left him to serve other gods. God says that the gods his people serve aren't real gods; he thinks they are just being foolish. You can start to see the appearance of New Testament ideals from the Old Testament, such as the confession of sins and a relationship with God. Christ did say that if any man come after me he must deny himself daily pick up his cross and follow me (Luke 9:23 I think). It still requires us to forget our other gods (things that we idolize and put on a pedestal in our lives) and allow God to be the pilot.
I decided I would flip back to the New Testament for a while. The story about Israel and Judah did depress me. I read the first 5 and 1/2 chapters of John before calling it quits. It's a great book in the bible but it confuses me. One of the biggest debates in Christianity is over the Holy Trinity. I have to confess, I understand the ability for one entity to have three separate personalities and responsibilities 3 distinct persons, but it seems like the bible supports this concept in some places and negates it in others. Jesus always calls "God the Father" Father. I realized that Jesus never calls him Lord or God. There are a few things that I find really interesting. First, Jesus claims in the book of Matthew that no one knows when the end will be. Only the father knows, but not he son. That's crazy...it's hard to believe the Son and the Father can be the same essence if they don't have equal knowledge, especially if both are suppose to be omniscient. I'll probably shoot an e-mail to a friend's dad who will probably know the answer. The second thing that driving me crazy I found today. In John 14:28, Jesus says something to the effect of I'm going away now my father who is greater than I. We all know the father is a separate person or persona, but how is he supposed to be greater than Jesus. I know in Hebrews it says that Jesus had the form of God, but emptied himself, and thereby humbled himself to death. It just confuses me a bit. I personally believe in the Trinity. This doesn't really shake my faith, but it's kinda hard to justify something seemly conflicts with the "Holy Scriptures."
On a lighter note, I googled Trinity and John 14:28. Somehow I came to this site for a guy who tried to explain the scripture, but it failed to elucidate the statement. I started flipping through the articles, and I came to a few interesting ones about the vacillation of the watchtower. Then I came to an article about a man who wrote his dissertation on Jesus Christ being gay. Wow, I think that's kinda crazy. The "world" cannot seem to agree, was he married or was he gay. I suppose will eventually write about the homosexuality of Christ, and then everyone will believe and someone will make a movie about it and it will make it to the top of the box office. Apparently, astrologers can tell if someone is gay based on their date of birth. I think that's a little laughable statement, but that's just me. It's midnight now so I think I’ll wrap this up. Have a blessed day, night, and life. I think that covers it. Thanks for reading my blog. Be well:
Scripture of the day:
Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.
John 4:21-24
Song I'm Listening to: What If His Poeple Prayed by Casting Crowns (GREAT SONG, prayer is amazing).
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