Title: REWRITING GOD
1REWRITING GOD
2Who Is God
And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of
the fire ye heard the voice of the words, but
saw no similitude only ye heard a voice when
we create something to represent anything we
shape and craft it in the way that we see it -
the image will reflect our attitudes and ideas
about it and even though we might have the
intention of showing the greatness of God we miss
the point that God cannot be reduced to what we
think of him
- Deut 4.12
- 2 Kings 18.4
- Rom 1.28
3Who Is God
He removed the high places, and brake the
images, and cut down the groves, and brake in
pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made
for unto those days the children of Israel did
burn incense to it Hezekiah destroyed it
because the image became the focus of worship and
not God Himself
- Deut 4.12
- 2 Kings 18.4
- Rom 1.28
4Who Is God
they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge spiritual history reveals that
humans have always wanted to see God in the way
that we prefer - when it comes to Gods word
there are many who will not hold to what we find
in the scriptures and so seek to alter that in
some way - there are a number of ways that this
is done
- Deut 4.12
- 2 Kings 18.4
- Rom 1.28
5How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- Doubt The Word .
- We dont understand the process of inspiration
and so since we cannot explain it we want to
challenge the idea - it was not the experience of the prophets or
their opinions that were recorded but since we
dont have any way of proving or understanding
the process we can challenge the validity of
Gods word and what it contains - faith comes by the word of God - true faith - not
just a system of belief that makes us feel good - earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints
- 2 Tim 3.16
- 2 Pet 1.20-21
- Rom 10.17
- Jude 3
6How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- Put A Spin On It .
- while we paint lovely images of Gods word and
belief we cannot deny that fact that there are
some things that we would really like to avoid - one of those being the fact that the loving Jesus
will return in flaming fire taking vengeance on
them that do not know or obey the truth - If we want to send everyone to heaven regardless
of what they are and what they believe we can
find a lot of people that will tell us what we
want to hear
- 2 Cor 5.11
- 2 Thess 1.7-8
- 2 Tim 4.3
7How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- More confidence in humans than in God .
- We are sometimes more convinced by someones
personality, speaking abilities and emotional
pleas than with what they are actually teaching - Paul was an example of what the Corinthians
needed to be - It is not uncommon to find folks who leave
religious bodies when preacher / pastor or other
figure dies or leaves in search of someone to
take their place
8How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- Alter The Word .
- we can find a translation of the scriptures that
changes the language of the word so it is easier
to take - If we tell some folks what the Bible says and use
the language of the scriptures themselves they
cant tolerate those harsh ideas. - no matter how good we think we are or how loving
we want to view God - the Lord expects us to do
things his way
- Matt 15.9
- Gal 4.16
- Luke 13.3
9How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- Ignore It Completely .
- It doesnt matter that there is so much confusion
and differences in every other area of life when
we start thinking about religious things we for
some reason just want everything to be consistent
and cannot tolerate any variation - if we applied
the same reasoning to other areas of life we
would never walk into a grocery, car dealership,
electronics store or anything else because there
is so much competition
10How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- Evaluate It Negatively .
- Being a Christian is no fun .. Right .. Do we
approach all of our activities and evaluate them
in light what they might interfere with rather
that what we stand to gain. - when we really look at the consequences that we
are all well aware of how can we continue to
think of Gods word as the enemy of life ...
Humans are known to pursue things that will
destroy us and that is our nature
11How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- Trust Our Associations To Save Us .
- Folks who will sometimes endorse their behavior
and way of living not on what they find in Gods
word but based on their association with their
group well Im a .... fill in the blanks - Just because we are a member of the Lords body
or any other organization will to determine
anything at all - we have to drop the club
mentality - We have to let God address us through his word
even though there might be some things that cause
us discomfort but accepting what God has to say
about anything is what need to do to be
acceptable to him - Listening to God will produce the faith that
makes us acceptable to the Lord
- 1 Cor 10.12
- 2 Cor 5.10
- Heb 4.12
- Heb 11.6
12How is God Rewritten or Recreated ?
- Cultivate Confusion .
- We can ask why forever and not make up our
minds about anything but where will be in the
long run - we need to stop asking questions and
simply make up our minds - God has given us everything that we need to know
and questioning him will only cause more
uncertainty - God has his secrets and we dont have to have an
answer to everything to know what the right thing
to do is.
13How Do We Fix This ?
We Must . Accept what God has to say Stop
making excuses and let go of our ideas Accept
the authority of God through Christ Obey an
unpopular idea with some folks Realize that this
is not a negotiation Gods terms set
Acknowledge that Gods word will save us, not
who we know Make a decision and stop asking
questions We need to deal with reality before
reality deals with us
- Rom 10.17
- Rom 10.19-20
- Acts 2.38
- John 12.48
- 2 Thess 1.7-10