When given the opportunity, many of us tend to choose the thing in life that is newer or flashier or more convenient. And that principle comes into play with our belief systems as well. Many of us often choose to focus on and put our trust in whatever is most popular or most trendy at the time or at least whatever requires less effort from us to participate in. Jesus once found Himself dealing with a group of followers who suddenly found it too challenging to continue to follow Him. He had an important question that He asked His disciples that we still need to answer for ourselves today.
When given the opportunity, many of us tend to choose the thing in life that is newer or flashier or more convenient. And that principle comes into play with our belief systems as well. Many of us often choose to focus on and put our trust in whatever is most popular or most trendy at the time or at least whatever requires less effort from us to participate in. Jesus once found Himself dealing with a group of followers who suddenly found it too challenging to continue to follow Him. He had an important question that He asked His disciples that we still need to answer for ourselves today.
During His ministry, Jesus was asked a lot of questions: "Why do you say the things you do?" "Can you heal this person?" "What do you think about (insert hot topic here)?" But Jesus also asked a lot of questions, questions that challenged people to take an honest look at their actions, their motives, even their faith. And those questions that Jesus asked hundreds of years ago are still relevant questions for us today. For the next few weeks at Flagstone we are going to discover a deeper understanding of God (and hopefully a deeper understanding of ourselves) as we wrestle with some of the questions Jesus asked.