Christianity has gone through quite a bit in the 2000 years it's been around. Persecution. Chosen Religion. Wars. Schisms. On and on it seems. The men and the women of the Bible have been through a great deal over the last 600 years or so. Well, I'm about to put them through some more.
From cover to cover, read the Bible and you will find heroes, heroines, losers, queens, kings, prophets, liars, priests, apostles, saints, leaders, followers, and more. From the high to the low we see it all, male and female alike. Studies are done on these men and women from all walks of life. Some of exonerated them far above their ranks. After all, these are just humans. Some people have chosen to pray to these saints of old. However, the Bible never teaches us to pray to other humans. Jesus himself teaches us to pray, and we are to pray to our heavenly father. I get it. I often wonder if I am making my grandparents proud. I might even say it, "I hope I still make you proud, Frumps." But I don't believe that he has the power to make any change in my life other than what he did while he was here on earth. We pray to God. He is the all powerful being. And that is not the job of the saints. Hebrews tells us that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. We are to be encouraged by this. But the crowd does not intervene on our behalf. Jesus is our intercessor. The Holy Spirit cries out with groans unknown by men. The saints, well, they're rejoicing. Over the last few decades, I have seen a great number of believes go in the exact opposite route. They have chosen to diminish these people. Paul was a murderer of Christians. Moses had a speech impediment. Peter was a loud mouth (my man). Mary enjoyed a romp in the sack. Jesus hung out with low lives. The flaws are just too great! How on earth could these people be worthy of Biblical proportion unless to scare us from it. *Clears throat* Uh, really? Can we not see what it really is. The fallible man is utterly important. He/she did great and wonderous things. Paul made such a drastic change - how does this not show the power of Christ? Moses didn't speak well, but boy was he heard and feared. Peter was a loud mouth, but spoke passionately in the Messianic church. Mary started off known in the bedroom, but became known for her deep love of Jesus that we have all wanted to sit and weep at his feet. And Jesus, Yeshua? Do I really need to go into details? Yes, this is a short blog, but I feel I need to be succinct in this. God uses the broken, beaten, stupid, unqualified, loud mouths to do great things. If we were so great, it wouldn't make such a big deal when we did great things. It's because we are so small, that God can do the greatest things. Like answer our prayers, big and small.
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