Title: Grow Up
Purpose: Promote Independent Thought
Ever hear Christians ask and debate very difficult
questions like these with each other?
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Can you smoke and still be a Christian?
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Can you drink and still be a Christian?
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How much is a Christian allowed to drink?
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Can you lose your salvation?
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If you lose your salvation, can you get it back?
So, what are the answers to these questions? People debate them for hours and still end up
with no solution.
Let’s pretend you have 2 boys, both 7 years old. Let’s call them Billy and Bobby. Billy and Bobby are arguing over who should
be able to play with the remote control car.
They’ve been arguing with each other for more than 15 minutes with no
solution before they finally come to you, the dad, complaining.
What do you do?
Actually, the solution is simple, isn’t it? You have 3 choices as the dad:
1)
Tell the boys that if they cannot find a way to
share the remote control car, you will take it away and neither of them can
play with it
2)
Set a timer and tell them that each of them can
play with the car for 10 minutes at a time.
Or my favorite:
3)
Split it up between them: Billy gets the remote control car and Bobby
gets the batteries.
Problem solved, right?
Ok, now, fast forward 30 years. Billy and Bobby are now 37 years old. Let’s say that at 37 years old they are
having the exact same argument over the exact same remote control car. They come to you now, complaining because
the other one will not share.
What do you do? Are
you focused at all at this point on how to get them to share the car? Ofcourse not.
You’re completely astounded by the fact that 2 grown adults are arguing
over a remote control car.
Can you picture the look on the dad’s face?
That’s the look God gives you when you ask these stupid
questions!!
THINK!!!!
