"I hate that!" What am I talking about ? Oh I just entered a post on this blog but in making a few changes I lost it all so here I am starting over again. I do have to laugh a little though because I find myself asking "What would Jesus do?" Even though it is a little humorous I see something here that was brought up in chapter two. Towards the end of the chapter the people were asking Pastor Maxwell "How can we know what Jesus would do in the current day we live in?" "Things have changed so much, they are so different now from the day of Jesus, how do we know what he would do in our circumstances?" I really liked Pastor Maxwell's response, "If Jesus' example is the example for the world to follow, it certainly must be feasible to follow it." Isn't this the same question we will have or have already had if you have read a little ahead? I think there is a tendency in us to say, "This is unrealistic, it is too idealistic to think that we can live like Jesus in 2008." That we can make the same sort of decisions and choices he made, but if Pastor Maxwell is right that Jesus left us an example to follow isn't it right for us to believe we can indeed follow it?
There was something else that was said in chapter two that I wanted to comment on. On page 17 (in my book) Pastor Maxwell said to the group that met with him after church, "I did not dare begin it alone." Many times I have said as your pastor that God intended us to live our lives in community. We are the body of Christ and the eye cannot live disconnected from the body. We need each other to live out the commitments God has called us to. This was brought out towards the end of chapter two when part of the group decided to meet once a week to share their experiences and I imagine to encourage each other.
I know this is a book that is hard to just read one chapter at a time so if you are reading ahead feel free to comment on things you are learning.
What say you?
Pastor Sheldon
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Hello Pastor Sheldon! Does this book come in a NIV or NLT version? ;-) At the top of page 18 there is a verse, where can I find that in the bible, please? I wonder how all the laws, taxes, health insurance and regulations we have to follow and live under in the present time effect Jesus' example. Seems like the people in the book, in keeping their promise, to do what Jesus would do, had money involved, except Rachel. Although Rachel turned down the job because it wasn't what Jesus would do. (Did I skip ahead? sorry)
Are you asking if the book comes in a modern translation? If so i think it does but you would have to look. On my blog site there are links. One is to a Christian book store I order a majority of my things from. It is where I bought these books.
John 16:13 is the verse referred to here. You learned about concordance's last night. Here is where a concordance comes in handy. You look for the word then look for the bible references to that word.
As for the regulations we live under I think the question still has to be answered. The dilemma we might face is the temptation to cheat on the regulation to save a buck. Would Jesus do that? And "Yes" a lot of stuff boils down to money doesn't it?
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