Mentor on these things...

My whole life I've loved to study or learn about the "weird" stuff in the Bible. 

YES! The Bible does have weird stuff in it!

• Like angels falling from heaven and having sex with the women of the earth. (Gen. 6:2)
• The seven scrolls in the Bible that Jesus opens. (Revelation) 
• When the end times will happen. (Revelation)
• Is there a rapture? 
• How the animals got on Noah's ark. (Genesis)

 I'm a immature Christian. Meaning my faith is NOT as strong as I'd like it to be. I'll admit that. I stumble and fall and have difficulties with temptation. 

I need to focus on the things that matter for my Salvation!

 

 

• Jesus dying for our sins.
• The Resurrection.
• What rules Jesus/God has for us as believers to follow.
• How to evangelize.

The things that matter for me is getting my sinful soul to Heaven with Christ; that's all that truly matters! Once I understand that, then I can move on to how I can evangelize and pray with those who don't have that same relationship with Christ like I do. 

The "weird" things in the Bible can be fun to learn and debate on. But seriously...There are so many different theories out there with some of the more "strange" verses that they might harm your faith or cause you to stop thinking about the salvation part of Christianity, and focus on the history of it. 

When I was struggling with my faith around the age of 16, I was completely focusing on the end of the world. I was worried that I would die/get raptured...I wanted to live in the end times. I wanted to live during the tribulation so that I could have the excitement of trying to survive while evangelizing to others. I was so focused on that part of the Bible and the theories around it, that I lost the real purpose of Christianity and the message of Salvation. 

We need to focus on the things above (meaning, those related to Heaven and Jesus Christ and Salvation) than the things on this earth (like the tribulation, or fallen angels, etc.).

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. (Col. 3:2)

This is something that has touched me this week. I'm going to start focusing on Jesus more, and how I am saved an how I can share that same gospel with others. 

What will you focus on?

Blessings~

Josiah

Are we Bad or Good Art?

When an painter, a sculptor, or even a dance performer presents their "work" to people, 

they are called artists. Artists present their work to people,

 hoping to reveal the "good" image that they can create with their talent.

Let me give you an example...

The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. It looked beautiful! It was amazing!

It's beautiful, but can you imagine if Michelangelo painted something like this on the ceiling? 

It would present a bad image of Michelangelo with such a horrible painting. Because of the amazing "image" of his painting on the ceiling, we can see how spectacular Michelangelo is as a painter and as an artist. No one views him as being a bad painter, only a really really REALLY good one.

Now, here is a mind blowing realization I had last week.

God, the creator of the Heavens and the Earth, created every single living thing. 

Genesis 1:31 says: "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good..."

He created everything guys. That means He created US.

So wait, if God created us, then that means we are His art. 

Are we portraying a good image for our Creator? Our Artist? 

 If we don't have that image of living for Christ, then are we showing others around a good image of God, let alone Christianity?

If we bully, lie, cheat, sing crude songs, covet, premarital sex, or anything not pleasing to Him...then we aren't portraying a good image of our Artist, therefore, we are Bad Art.

But Wait! There's hope! There is this magical thing called Wite'out! 

Wite'Out has the ability to cover up and remove all mistakes done by a pen, pencil, marker, paint brush, etc.

Jesus is our Wite'out. He covered us not by some white paste-like material, He covered us by His blood. 

He gave us a chance to start displaying a new painting, a new image of ourselves for God. 

*Inserting Mind Exploding Image*

Have an amazing week everyone! 

Blessings~

Josiah