I watched the Bible, Part Four, last night. It was great. Like any summarization, they skipped some of my favorite parts and skimmed over other things. It seemed important to me that Paul of Taursas was originally Saul, but that’s not a huge deal.
There were segments that hit me harder. My favorite might be when Jesus tells Thomas that he has seen and believed, blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. He’s talking about us. We get caught up in admiring the personalities in scripture and we think it would have been great to have been participants in these great events. Wouldn’t it have been nice to have seen Jesus personally? Yet, Jesus is calling us who have not seen, blessed. That’s pretty cool.
I guess the part that came across the strongest was the idea that the story is not over. Jesus talks to Peter about changing the world. The world still needs some changing. His plan is still the same: personal evangelism, one person at a time.
How are we writing our part of the story? How is The Bible – Part Five being written. Sometimes I think we are too hung up in the past. We celebrate the wonder of Easter and shy away from modern manifestations of His power. The most exciting part of the story has yet to play out and we will see it with our own eyes: from the playing field of earth or from our observation deck with Jesus in Heaven. It’s going to be great.
Be involved and be blessed.
Nick
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