Day 4 John 3:16 Believing is not merely a subjective, emotional or passive thing. It has specific truth content—that is true whether you believe it or not. Christianity stands in diametric opposition to the relativism of our day that says, Its true for me, but I wont make any claims that it should be true for you. (Piper) Christ is Who He is whether we believe Him or not. As C.S. Lewis said, I think, An insane man in a padded cell screaming that there is no sun, has no effect whatever on whether the sun rises and sets on time. Truth is truth whether we believe it or not. Genuine believing in Jesus agrees with the objective truth about Jesus. In John 17:8 Jesus prays, The words which you gave Me I have given to them; and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from you, and they believed that you did send Me. Believers understood objective facts about Jesus—he came forth from God the Father. And they believed in those concrete facts. Believing includes agreeing in the mind with objective truths about Christ. Therefore, we need to know and teach concrete truths about Christ. We cannot be satisfied with a Jesus that we construct out of what we want Him to be, but teach and preach Jesus as He revealed Himself.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:00:09 +0000
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