If it was not for Bible College, I would not have pondered so deeply on Jesus and who He was – in character, in nature, in action, or of will. I feel so much richer for this exploration into our Lord and Savior. And I thank Him tremendously and unabashedly for graciously providing me this opportunity!
Lord and Savior – so many times we say it, or at the very least, accept it blindly when our Pastor says it, but we lack the depth and maturity to grasp it and digest it for all it is worth. We, instead, look to Jesus as a puzzle piece in our own story and we fail to realize that there is so much more to Him than that. Then when bad things happen to us, we wonder where we went wrong – or even worse, we attribute it to God or there not being one at all.
Our history shows us this, as disillusionment with the Church grows rampant. But as I delve into church history, I see the strugglings (of the councils) in Nicaea, in Constantinople, in Chalcedon, and although it sometimes caused more division and questions, I see it as necessary if we are to earnestly seek our God and provide people with the Gospel Truth. We need to struggle with what it means to be Christian and to vigilantly seek the true face of God. For if we remain complacent about our unanswered questions or simply accept the answers of others (other than those revealed by God), if we allow ourselves to be defined by our divisions as we resign ourselves to being right in our own eyes, decadence and disillusionment will continue in the Church. We would have tragically lost touch with our Creator, blindly following anything resembling our Savior, but rather, committing idolatry by serving and worshiping a dead and false image rather than the one, true God we intended to seek.
