Now serving Jesus on the Buffet.
I love meeting with my buds for Friday morning breakfast and Bible study at Denny’s Tooele. We have some great discussions. Sometimes we begin with our week and sometimes we get right into what is new with Apple, Inc. For we are rabid Mac maniacs. Well, David is not rabid, but I am fairly sure that I am.
Today was no disappointment. In addition to my bud David, he brought his daughter, which was great. Also, Don and his son Mike were able to make it. It was a great turn out.
Our text (between forks of biscuits and gravy) was 1 Jn 2.23 – “No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.” It was said, referring to this verse, ‘If you are wrong about Jesus, you are wrong enough to lose your soul forever.’
Many people have an understanding of Jesus, but few have an understanding of the Biblical Jesus. People understand Jesus as a “good man,” some as a prophet, while some have many off the wall views. Many “religious” people get there theology from a religious buffet. They take a little of this and a little of that, mixing Christianity, eastern philosophy and many other belief systems. The same is true of people taking from the theological buffet of Jesus. They say, ‘I will take a slice “Jesus is good”, a scoop of “Jesus is love”, and a heap of “Jesus the cosmic slot machine”; while passing on “Jesus the only Son”, “Jesus the only way”, “Jesus the only truth”, and “Jesus the only life”.
We build our own plate of Jesus. The problem is that we build a false Jesus, a false christ and we begin to follow that false Jesus. Jesus, the only Son of the almighty God, has given us the Bible, which reveal to us the true Jesus. He is love and justice. He is the Savior and also the Judge. He is God the Son, holy and righteous in every respect. The point is that we make Jesus to be a soft teddy bear Jesus, but forget the righteous God, Lord and Master.
Are you getting your Jesus from the world’s buffet or the love letter (Bible) He sent you. Because where you get your belief of Jesus is of great importance. For…’If you are wrong about Jesus, you are wrong enough to lose your soul forever.’
God Bless.
Tags: discipleship, Jesus, salvation, theology, Truth
September 18th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I definitely need to get back to the Jesus buffet after a few days away from it. Thought about you today, with the DigitalDisciples.net groups forming. Hope to connect soon. Thanks for this post!!