{"id":290,"date":"2005-03-22T22:47:47","date_gmt":"2005-03-22T22:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/03\/the_narrow_road.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:51","slug":"the_narrow_road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/03\/the_narrow_road.shtml","title":{"rendered":"The Narrow Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am determined to do better with my Bible reading. Several things have brought this to mind of late.<\/p>\n

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  1. A posting <\/a>at Radical Congruency<\/a> about stagnation in one’s faith. I could relate to Justin’s nagging feeling that I should do more reading. Justin and I made a brief attempt last year at reading accountability.<\/li>\n
  2. A discussion in our new Sunday School with folks sharing about their shortcomings in the Bible reading. Most everyone there shared how they longed for more and they all were doing significantly more than I.<\/li>\n
  3. Douglas Jacoby <\/a>starting a new feature of posting a weekly Bible Study tips on his site each Wednesday.<\/li>\n
  4. Lastly, I just plain have decided that it is finally time for me to become serious about learning about God. I need and want to know<\/strong> Him, and a consistent Bible study habit is one of the best ways to achieve that. It was clear that the “when I felt like it” method wasn’t cutting it. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’m not deceived into thinking that I will suddenly feel like it more, but I am more serious about it than I have been in a long time. So I’m committing to a goal of getting into my Bible at least 3 times a week. Perhaps it doesn’t seem like much of a goal, then you need to check my pattern<\/a> over the last few months. Twice a month is what I’ve managed. I invite and welcome all of you to monitor my progress here<\/a> and hold me acountable to this goal. I will need help.<\/em>
    \nJohn 10:22-42, Luke 13:22-35
    \nJohn 10:22-30 – Jesus is not afraid to offend. Here he plainly tells them, at their request, that they are not of Him, and He’s one with God, so therefore they are not with God. In our society, it is very rude to tell someone they aren’t right with God. Of course,we are not Jesus and cannot say such a thing with the kind of certainty that he can (after all, He is the judge.) We can, and should if we love each other, point out where we don’t measure up to what God expects. Jesus said that many – many<\/em> – will thing they are right with God and be surprise don the last day (Luke 13:22-30). What a shame if we are too polite to tell folks around us that they are not what they think they are.
    \nJohn 10:33 – They ignored the truth – that Jesus was<\/em> God – because of their preconceived notion that it was impossible for a mere man to actually be God. It’s been my experience that it’s when I am absolutely confident that I am in the greatest danger of being deceived.
    \nLuke 13:22-30 – This is perhaps one of the scariest passages in all of the Bible. Imagine the feeling of the over-confident as they watch people stream in and they are excluded. I once was one of the over-confident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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