Thursday, March 20, 2014

Real men read Bible???

I just wanna address the posts saying "Real men read the Bible."
Really? So if I don't read the Bible I am not a real man?

I won't let the focus of reading the Bible be swayed away. We read the Bible or written word of God to know the Living Word, who is Jesus. Our love for God is equal to our love for His Word. Let us not make this fancy just to make ourselves feel better than the nonbelievers.

With all respect my religious brothers, I believe it would be better if we stop saying "Real men read Bible". As adopted children of God, we are to attract all men to Christ and not push them away by saying in our heart that we are better than anyone.

How can we be better than anyone? Did we not receive Jesus free? His salvation, His grace,  His love, His wisdom and all those gifts He is freely giving by grace? How can we boast about it?

We don't follow God to make ourselves feel better than anyone. Instead, we are humbled because we were once under the autthority of our corrupted thinking and now under Christ, who loves us and is willingly sharing His Divine mind with us.

We don't share Christ to make people morally upright. That's cute but we share Christ because all of us are dead spiritually and in need of Savior and again reading the Bible draws us closer to Christ.

So please, simply stay focused in Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.  Don't give room for pride in your heart.

Real lovers of Jesus read the Bible. Period.

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