Just a Thought Mike Farley

A quick word on ridiculous kindness and reckless love.

Why do we run from our enemies when God wants to prepare a table in their presence?

People sometimes ask me “What’s your life verse?” And the truth is I do not have one. Maybe it’s a personality thing, maybe it is because I change translations so much that I have a hard time memorizing verses but I just don’t have one. I do love and have a few principles and frameworks. 

This week we address Church Hurt in what might be a different way.

There is a lot that can be said about the 10 Commandments. Today I want to look at them a little differently.

1 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt 

2 You shall have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images. 

3 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

4 Remember the Sabbath day and keep it Holy.

5 Honor your father and mother.

6 Thou shalt not murder

7 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8 Thou shalt not steal (or kidnap?)

9 Thou shall not bear false witness

10 You shall not covet

What is the call? I think the call is reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:19 says, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. That means there is more to the call than first thought.