When I started this blog, it was to post transcripts of
various little commentaries I had written which I entitled, “Simple Church
Minute”, focusing on various truths of following Jesus that have gotten to some
degree lost over the centuries because they run contrary to operating church as
a corporation with buildings, budgets, salaried and titled leaders, etc. That was basically done in 2010, in a time
frame that would fit a two minutes, with the thought being that they were
written for Christian radio. There is
only so many ideas that fit that grouping.
From the book I reviewed last week, the author(s?) brought up an idea
that I have, in my mind, considered before, but he/she/they developed the
thought better than I or anyone else I have read or heard had. Therefore, this week, I have a new
transcript.
Just for
note, I believe that in recent weeks, actually getting some of these on radio
may be coming closer.
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305—holidays
My name is
Tom; this is Simple Church Minute.
Recently, I
ran across something about following Jesus that I hadn’t considered
before. I imagine most of us have heard
the stand up comic one-liner that goes, “I tried being an atheist, but I gave
it up. No holidays.”
Much of
what tradition and our society celebrate is not connected with our faith in
Jesus, although much of it has had a nominal Christian sugar coating. In the Old Testament, part of what was
established in the Law were the four festivals, but Acts 15 verses 23 to 29
indicate that they, along with most of the Old Covenant law, doesn’t carry over
for we, the New Covenant chosen people.
In our
society in the U.S.
Is there a
truly Christian holiday? Yes, there is,
but we have been taught by omission to not notice it, and a person who only
wishes to be seen by others as a believer, but doesn’t actually want Jesus to
be their Lord isn’t going to consider this much to celebrate. In First Corinthians chapter 5 verses 6 to 8,
Paul wrote, Your glorying is not good.
Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore,
purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you are truly
unleavened. For indeed Christ, our
Passover, was sacrificed for us.
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the
leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth.
That holiday is today; we celebrate
this day by living, by the power of the Holy Spirit, a life of truth. For the person who has come to follow Jesus,
from the moment of receiving Jesus’ salvation, we have entered a spiritual
Sabbath rest. We no longer have to be
striving and seeking truth. As such, we
can celebrate each day of this new life by desiring to live to honor Him each
and every moment, in honor of the gift He gave us.
You can
contact me at 757-735-3639 or at simplechurchminute@yahoo.com.
I have additional information on this subject on my blog,
tevyebird.blogspot.com at the posting of June 25, 2012.
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