"Think on these things..."
(Phil. 4:8,b)
I have always been impressed with Samson's mother. Not only was she a spiritual woman, but a profound Christian thinker. When the angel she had previously talked with alone showed himself to both her and her husband a second time, her husband said, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God." To which his wife replied, in essence,"If the Lord was going to kill us, He would not have accepted our offering nor told us all these things". A practical thinker indeed!
Most of you are familiar with the sub-heading on our blog-site. It reads, "Brief, Biblical Essays for Thinking People." My sincere intent is to get saints to think for themselves; it is so liberating and satisfying. Don't accept the norm, simply because it is tradition. Ask yourself questions, such as: "If the wine the saints drank was just grape juice, in Ro.14:21, why all the controversy? If a Fundamentalist woman's modest dress is considered worldly by the Amish standard, what would a first century Christian consider both of them? Does "one" always mean singular? Paul says all the law is fulfilled in one word, then adds six more.
O, beloved, think through things, then work them out. And after that, ask God for the courage to stand on your own two intellectual feet! Don't let the pseudo spiritual know-it-alls intimidate you. Read opposing views, have those in your inner circle who are independent thinkers; and above all, break free of the cardboard, and think outside the box.
Oswald Chambers writes,"Some have a blatant pride of knowing nothing outside the Bible, which, in all probability, means knowing the inside of it either. Christian thinking is a rare and difficult thing. So many seem unaware that the first great commandment according to our Lord is, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy...mind."
“Had Eve thought things through, I assume, we’d not be in the mess we’re in.”
(rds)
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