I never payed attention to the genealogy part in Matthew before. It blew my mind hearing what all of that really meant. I also thought it was interesting the way the Romans viewed children back then. Kind of similar to my view since I was one of the only ones to choose adoption as as being classified as someones son or daughter. To me, it doesn't even have to be legal adoption with paperwork and such. Like if an old lady I meet at a nursing home wants to be my grandmother and I want to be her granddaughter then I'm just going to call her my grandmother and visa-versa. We claim each other! Leaning solely on genetics can sometimes get you into trouble. Like having that random cousin/uncle that spontaneously shows up at your house and expects you to give them money just because he's your blood relative. Yeah, that happens quite a bit. Not saying that I think it's a bad thing to give to the poor... I think you guys know what I mean though.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Impressive!
Our classes this week have really impressed me. First was the fact that we went to observe honey bees to make a really good point in class. We have to change ourselves if we ever want to get close to changing the world around us. It goes the same with Christianity. If we as Christians want the Lord to move and change something huge, then we have to come together in unity. Instead of being irritable because we may not all believe in the same thing. We have to change ourselves first by humbling ourselves so that we can come in unity and allow the Lord to move in big ways. And it doesn't even have to be in big ways. Little stuff counts too.
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Unity. I think this is a great point. There are so many parts of the Church that are not unified. Arguments over the littlest stuff get in the way. There was a story I heard recently and a friend made a great point. He said that Andy Stanley was quoted saying some stuff about the church and the complications within it. Too often people want to take the most simple of ideas and complicate them. For example....all people wanted to do was pray. and it got blown out of proportion. If the Church as a whole is actively pursuing God and getting over their selfishness and laying down their pride, then that is when we will truly see the body of Christ Unified. Until then, all we can do is attempt to try.
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