Thursday, February 16, 2006
Idolatry Of The New
Heb 13:7-9 - Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever. Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited.It seems like a day does not go by that we do not discover something "new and exciting" about our Lord and His church. Have you ever wondered how this could be? I certainly do.
There are two things I notice when I think about this. The first is that nothing really is new. Virtually any "new" idea I have encountered, if I look into it, has been "discovered" before. Oh, it may have been wrapped in different language, but its the same old whatever. We are a people largely ignorant of our histories and traditions. That may be fine when it comes to television programming, but when it comes to something that should be about the accumulation of wisdom, it seems like we need to bear in mind the wisdom that has been accumulated to date.
Secondly, it seems like such "new discoveries" are always couched in terms of relevance to "our" times. - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever - doesn't that mean that His relecvancy is the same too?
Have you ever considered the hubris that is evident in saying the gospel needs to be rendered relevant to our times? It's not about me, it's not about us, it's not about our times - IT'S ABOUT GOD!
God - Lord - Master - Creator - Ruler - King. With such titles how dare we do anything other than try and find a way to squeeze our way into His plans.
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