When
challenged, these group thinkers, trash anyone who disagrees, accusing them of
being less than spiritual. That may be the case
but the trashing of descent is not a particularly holy reaction. I would like to be kind but a part of the
religious establishment conducts themselves with evil intent. Their motto is, keep the pew in the Sunday
School mode for then they are ripe for easy manipulation. If a church thinker has to resort to condemning
descent that asks questions, they have been cornered intellectually and
possibly spiritually.
One area of
descent that challenges the church’s understanding of Jesus, is the title, the
Christ. The popular understanding the word Christ to often relegates Jesus to being an extraterrestrial
visitor to our planet. What do we mean
by Jesus as the Christ? What do we mean
by Jesus as the son of God? These are
valid questions that are worthy of discussion, what is actually being
communicated to the pew? If all you have
known in your life is the quick fixes given out from the pulpit, these questions
will sound like they are from the pit of hell. The pew are dumbfounded, how can a spiritual person question the very words of the Bible?
Remaining silent would probably be the smart move, but
there are those of us who are long term dummies. We only want the Bible to be treated with
respect. To lift a word out of the world
in which it was first written and then redefining that word is an act of ultimate disrespect. This is often the case with the word, Christ. What is the correct definition? If you are interested in the truth, check out
the article CHRIST in “A Theological Word Book of the Bible”, Edited by Alan
Richardson.
The definition may surprise you.
The definition may surprise you.
G. Goslaw
Landers, CA
