Sometimes it isn't just mediocrity the church settles for, it's often times the counterfeit to what God offers that people will accept and embrace. It looks like God and it may even smell like it's God but it's just a really good piece of work, a counterfeit, not the real thing. I have spent this last year really diving deep into some of the toughest questions with regards to doctrine, theology, and how one might respond to their loved one's who may be struggling with unwanted same sex attraction or those who identify as gay and lesbian. Of course, this hits home and calls me to question how I might respond to myself. For me, it's a no brainer. I don't believe that the bible creates confusion and I don't believe the bible contradicts itself either and is actually quite clear on many topics such as marriage, the expression of human sexuality, and our identity.
It seems to me there is threaded throughout the scripture these words, "He who has ears let him here," That tells me that there are some people who will hear and there will be others who will not hear. That tells me that it is possible that there are things we will not hear apart from the Spirit of God giving us a heart to hear and a heart to respond. Often times we see Jesus teach in parables. On one occasion Jesus admits that he'll teach in parables to one group of people because although they have ears to hear they do not hear and then to another he'll share the deeper truths that can be gleaned from the parables because they have the heart to hear and will be the ones to respond.
It is the glory of God to conceal things but the glory of Kings is to search things out. ~ Proverbs 25:2-3
I'm done with this thought for right now but I have more to write. So I leave this post incomplete ... perhaps on purpose :)
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