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The Way: Ask, Seek, Knock
After wrestling with scripture, Matthew 7, for a sleepless night I came up with this.
Note: The early followers of Jesus called their movement 'The Way' The changing of the name to Christianity takes the focus of the movement from the message and placing it on the persona of the teacher, Jesus Christ. Whether this was a deliberate move by the 'powers that be' to halt or delay us in our spiritual journey laid out in the bible and by the teachings of Jesus should be up for discussion.
What is more important: The message or the messenger?
Stripped down overview of my refections in sequential order asking the question 'why do we stay focused on the Jesus part of 'The Way'
John the Baptist
Jesus
Holy Spirit
Ask
Seek
Knock
The Narrow gate
The Garden
Meet up with Jesus and the team.
Thank Jesus for clearing the path and his work on the cross
But get there first
John the Baptist came to make straight the path for Jesus
Jesus makes way for our personal connection to the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is not personified as he exists only in the spirit and cannot be limited by a moniker
The miss step?
We tend to get stuck on Jesus and his preparing the way, his selfless service and sacrifice. We can easily relate to, appreciate, and fall down on our knees and worship him for these powerful, majestic and holy actions
But what he did on the cross was to tear open the barrier between us and the holy of holies that we now have the ability, if we learn to be still and 'know that I am God', if we pray/meditate with the Holy Spirit to enter into the divine concioueness.
Is this is the narrow gate that not many find?
Jesus teaches us:
Ask and it will be given
Seek and you will find
Knock and it will be opened
Is it the narrow gate Jesus is pointing to?
Go to church and praise the Lord, celebrate Jesus and put aside the teaching as it is to difficult to do.
But Jesus is part of the triune God and does he really need to hear how great his is from us?
Would Jesus prefer that you pray, ask, seek, knock and find your way to the narrow gate, a personal connection to the Holy Spirit.
Clues:
What is the unforgivable sin?
For we do not know what to pray for as we ought but the spirit himself helps us in our weakness
For all who are led by the spirit of God are sons of God
Thank God for Jesus
Why?
Because he prepared a path for the Holy Spirit to council us and lead us to the narrow gate.
This is the why of it all
God bless you all as you sit and be still, while you ask, seek and knock and find the narrow gate that leads the garden.
Have a blessed day
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