Brad Barris
Galatians 1: 6
April 2, 2014
NIV: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel . . . .
The Message I can’t believe your fickleness – how easily you have turned traitor to Him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message . . .
Man loves to place his personal imprint on matters that affect life. We have opinions about everything. We spin politics, economics, education, freedoms and everything else that affects our daily lives in the direction of our personal belief system.
I look at an individual with neon dyed hair, piercings abound, abundant tattoos and wonder if they ever looked in the mirror and said, “This looks great”. I am assuming their eyes function just like mine do, and their brain functions just like mine does. So, what is the difference? I might add that I grew up in the era of Woodstock, LSD, flower children, free love, and “don’t trust anyone over 30.”
We imprint our personal beliefs of what God is like. Just look at all the denominations that claim their way is the only way. To quote Brennan Manning, “We end up making God in our own image. God ends up being as fussy, rude, narrow minded, unloving, and legalistic as we are.”
Stay steadfast in the Word. Separate what is God and what is man. It is something we all struggle with.
Prayer: Dear God of Grace, open our eyes that we may see. Amen.
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