Recently I heard a news clip of Barney Frank (current House of Representatives Financial Services committee chairman) from several years ago. When questioned about the solvency of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (both government-sponsored mortgage giants) Mr. Frank became rather indignant. As long ago as 2003, people were raising serious questions about the financial health of the mortgage industry. Yet Mr. Frank repeatedly attempted to paint over the cracks in the foundation of the two government entities. In the past year, the truth became evident for all to see. The concerns that had been raised were correct. Regardless of Mr. Franks efforts at painting, the fatal flaws finally brought down the mortgage industry starting our economy on it's downward slide.
I don't think that Mr. Frank is somehow malicious. Rather, I think that 6 years ago he chose to not believe the truth. He created a false reality and clung to his perception of reality. In other words, he chose to believe what he wanted to believe regardless of what he was seeing. As a result, his paradigm dictated his sight instead of his sight dictating his paradigm.
So what's the lesson here? I see a lot of similarities between Mr. Frank and Christians. Without a doubt we are in the midst of a season of God exposing the cracks in our spiritual foundations. Far to many Christians are busy trying to paint over the cracks instead of embracing the truth that comes in the midst the exposure. There are major denial issues in Christendom right now. We refuse to believe what we are seeing choosing instead to create our own false reality. We need to be aware, however, just as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's fatal flaws could only be hidden so long, our desired false realities will only stand for so long before they will crumble as well.
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Very well said.
what cracks are being painted over?
That is a good question. The best way to answer it is for you to answer it for yourself. The best place to discover the answer is in the scriptures.
I would encourage you to read and re-read the gospels and the book of Acts for the next month or two. Read without any preconceived notions of church or the kingdom of God. Read like you never heard it before. Take notes, either mentally or actual written notes. Ask the Holy Spirit to allow you to hear it as the readers and hearers would have heard it in the first century.
After a month or two, place our current focuses and emphasis in the church world against the template of the scripture. The cracks become pretty evident!
Blessings to you as the Holy Spirit and the scriptures become your teacher!
You say that "We [the Church] refuse to believe what we are seeing,and choosing instead to create our own false reality" ... would you mind elaborating on that? What exactly is the 'false reality' that you have determined we, the Church, are creating?
Actually you misquote and from my perspective it is an important misquote. You say:
You say that "We [the Church] refuse to believe what we are seeing,and choosing instead to create our own false reality"
From my blog the words are:
"There are major denial issues in Christendom right now. We refuse to believe what we are seeing choosing instead to create our own false reality."
I would differentiate between Christendom (literally adherants of Christianity) and the Church (the ecclesia). The "ecclesia" or the Body of Christ differs from people simply identifying themselves as Christians. The majority of people who identify themselves as Christians have no clue what it means to be a follower of Jesus. Those who are part of the Church are followers of Jesus. I do not believe the the simple followers of Jesus (the ecclesia) are creating false realities.
Reality is not determined by me. Reality is set by God alone. Any other reality than that which is defined by Him is a false reality.
Therefore I cannot define or determine reality on my own. I can only agree with the God's reality. Truth is truth.
As I said earlier in response to an anonymous poster, the scriptures and the Holy Spirit will reveal God's reality to us. We must allow the word (the logos) to transform us as we live it. We can never use the "logos" to prove our point. The "logos" is the point. We must allow the logos to judge our actions. We must sbmit to it.
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