I also just finished reading the first of the "Mark of the Lion" Series written by Francine Rivers - LOVE her. It was an amazing portrayal of a Christian woman, just a generation after Jesus lived. She was captured as a slave and taken to Rome. Her loving, forgiving, and never self-seeking spirit confuses and then intrigues many roman pagans to come to know Christ. They are always asking her how she can believe in her "unseen God?"
What are we doing that must seem crazy to non-Christians around us?
I listened to this song this week, and have not been able to get it out of my head! It was written by a band in Auburn, Alabama:) I think it's an awesome picture of how people should see Christianity.
"There’s a beggar in the Prince’s home
There’s a child on the King’s throne
There’s a Savior singing lullaby’s to orphan ones
There’s a blind man speaking
He’s pointing to a common light
He says there’s an end tonight on the horizon
What love is this that calls the broken "chosen ones?"
What love is this that kneels and whispers to the tired and the ‘lone?
Who is this that leaves me shaking, and falling to my knees?
I hear his voice as I’m falling to sleep.
There’s a poor and faithful groom proposing to a prostitute
He says would you be my bride, beautiful
What love is this that calls the broken "chosen ones?"
What love is this that kneels and whispers to the tired and the ‘lone?
It could only be you…"
On Legalism vs. the heart:
ReplyDeleteThe Jewish people needed to have the law to become God's people. When Christ came, he brought the Spirit. When we let the Spirit guide us, we don't need the "law." Much like as children, we have to have rules for little things like "don't run in the street." As we mature we can understand the reason and may sometimes judge that it's a safe time to run in the street. God's law keeps us "safe" in him as we mature and begin to be led more by the Spirit and less dependent on the law. When I'm feeling weak, the law can guide me back to hearing the Spirit's guidance in my life.
Sylvia B