Experiencing a fall September 7 sidelined my writing. However, since I wrote my Sunday sermon, September 12, I'm back to blogging today.
We can start hesitantly in obeying God, and end as his stalwart witnesses, Moses and Gideon as examples. We can start boldly in obedience to God, but end in rebellion against God, King Saul the example. Then there are people who never adjust their reaction to God. They remain opposed to him, whatever he says, evidence he provides for his authority or reasons they should "trust and obey" him. More than a few examples exist in Bible times, and ours. This blog uses Balak, king of Moab in Numbers 22-24. When false prophet Balaam kept pronouncing blessings, not curses, on Israel, Balak had him move to different locations, hoping to get a more positive result. To no avail. Balak's spirit, however, lives in many people, in every age, ours especially. Many, who refuse to accept GOD as he revealed himself in Psalms, Prophets and Jesus Christ, never cease looking for a vantage point on God they can accept. A deity, who
Culture today sees itself as the litmus of God's acceptance. The late Jewish actor, musician, director Theodore Bikel claimed to be "a very spiritual person", but not "religious." To him Jewish culture became his religion. In a story clipped from the San Diego UT September 5, 2021, the organization of chaplains at Harvard University has a new President—a 44 year-old ATHEIST! And the school's other chaplains have applauded the choice, because most of the students at Harvard have no religious affiliation. It's fine with them that the new President doesn't think humanity needs a "god", because humans are perfectly capable of resolving all the problems humans face. Shades of Humanist Manifesto I & II! All humanity needs is ITSELF—of course, qualified by the unspoken condition that only the smart people can know what to do. To Harvard University, culture is humanity's vantage on God. End Part I
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