'I think it is of Thee the sparrows sing' - Oscar Wilde
Saturday, July 22, 2006
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Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable; He did not come to improve the improvable; He did not come to reform the reformable. None of those things works." --Robert Farrar Capon
4 comments:
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Very thought-provoking comment. I wonder, if this is so, why He did so much teaching? Just the first thing that came to my mind . . .
Because (I suspect) we needed to be undeceived from thinking we were ok trundling along as we are. We need to know what God's standards look like so we know we aren't good enough to fix ourselves up with a bit of self-effort, Jesus isn't calling us to reformation, but to transformation -- He in us doing what we could never do for ourselves.
Mother of two grown up kids,and very long time married, after many years as a full-time mum, then a part-time theological student I'm now trying to be useful in my local church whilst working out what the next step is.I'm passionate about Jesus, treasure the people in my life and dream of being a preacher. I'm a would-be poet, a slightly eccentric cook, and an INFP (which must explain something).
And I'm a pickle: a weird shaped lump of something-or-other, a bit salty, a bit sweet, definitely an acquired taste, preserved by the grace of God and trying to add a bit of flavour to the blandness of modern life.
4 comments:
Very thought-provoking comment. I wonder, if this is so, why He did so much teaching? Just the first thing that came to my mind . . .
Because (I suspect) we needed to be undeceived from thinking we were ok trundling along as we are. We need to know what God's standards look like so we know we aren't good enough to fix ourselves up with a bit of self-effort, Jesus isn't calling us to reformation, but to transformation -- He in us doing what we could never do for ourselves.
Yes, self-righteousness seems to be too easy a by-product for a lot of people who feel they live by His teachings. Thanks for elaborating!
Hi: I saw your comments at Signposts and thought you might like to have a look at this:
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=35&idsub=159&id=4572&t=Questioning+claims+bin+Laden+threatened+evangelist
Blog on!
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