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If you would be asked to summarize Christianity in just one word (as it should be and not as it is/was lived by many who call themselves Christians), which one would you choose? Of course, it depends on your background, your experiences with Christianity, your knowledge about Christianity, your … you. What about if you would be asked to summarize the Bible in just one word, which one would you choose? What about God? If you would be told that you are allowed to use just one word to describe God, which one would you prefer? Please, before reading further, take just 60 seconds and answer yourself these questions. Resist the inclination of reading the next paragraph and stop for one minute. It will help you!
When you ask this question, you get a lot of answers depending on the person you ask. If you would have asked me these questions some time ago, I would have said that Christianity is something necessary (if you want to go to heaven, if you want to avoid bad things etc). That would have been the key word for me. The Bible? The manual that would teach me how. God? Maybe the judge… The One who will decide if I can go in or not. Now, these are not the only words which I would have used but I think the describe pretty well my way of thinking at that time.
It would be great if you would also share with us what is your opinion! And will help me too!
The way we see these things is … our way of seeing them. Many of our description are based on the history, facts, people we know, our own experience. But how would God summarize Himself in just one word or how He would summarize the Bible or how He would describe Christianity in just one word? We will see this in our next post.
First time when I read the Bible I was a little confused. Because the whole people of the Bible are sinful. Many times I scratches the head myself and in one moment I have understood: God came down to us to live with us and to die for us, thing that I will never be able to pay. Only with my gratefulness and my faith.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was child I saw God like a person with more power that my parents. In my early youth, God was the law that you could not unrespect because He punishing you... but now, I see God like a Father who can not tolerate my acts but He is so loving that if I believe in the cross and in his son, Jesus, will take me one day with him. This is the God I believe. :)