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Friday, July 29, 2005
Again, a quote from his new book "The Naked Christian" for your thought-provoking pleasure!
(Read Amos 2 & 3 if you'd like to get in the Word a bit before reading this)
"Sin against people is a sin against God, and the idea the they (Israel) were due special treatment got comprehensively blow out of the water (Amos 3:12). But what's this got to do with us? According to Amos, on the surface the Israelites weren't up to their eyes in sin and debauchery: in fact, they were actually quite good at putting on a good show. They did the feasts, the offerings, the songs, all that religious jazz, but it wasn't enough to fool God."
(Read Amos 5: 21--24 if you'd like to get in the Word for context on this next part)
"Life behind the mask--hiding behind the ritual or the action--is not enough to fool God. He sees behind and demands so much more of His people. If we are to take the call of Jesus to 'go and make disciples of all nations' (Matt. 28: 19) seriously, then we'd better make sure that we are doing a lot more than relying on our talent for putting on slick presentations and programs. We'd better make sure the lifestyle matches up."
So, for today, what do we do to try to fool God and man? What do our masks look like? How do we go about the "lifestyle" the author talks about? What does that look like?
Brent 5:25 AM
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