In evangelical Christian churches and to many Christians, Jesus is just a gatekeeper who has let us into heaven by his sacrifice. A gatekeeper to the more wonderful things - getting the power gifts of the Holy Spirit, learning the rest of the Bible and deepening one's theology.
Jesus is their admission ticket to the main show. What do you do with your admission ticket after you get in past the door? You simply put it in your back pocket, out of sight. You head in the sanctuary to participate in the main show.
But Jesus is All Important.
Without him we are Nothing.
I realized this one year ago when I had 5X CABG - open heart bypass surgery.
The doctors also made a mistake leaving a bleeding artery inside my chest. I bled for probably 18 hours and had to ask the visiting surgeon to open me up again. They did so and cauterized the bleeder.
During this time, I could have died at several points in the process. I realized that only Jesus mattered and I had to cling to him. Not a picture of him, because I despise the westernized pictures of him, but the person of Jesus. like holding onto him with everything a blackness and in empty space.
Jesus is their admission ticket to the main show. What do you do with your admission ticket after you get in past the door? You simply put it in your back pocket, out of sight. You head in the sanctuary to participate in the main show.
But Jesus is All Important.
Without him we are Nothing.
I realized this one year ago when I had 5X CABG - open heart bypass surgery.
The doctors also made a mistake leaving a bleeding artery inside my chest. I bled for probably 18 hours and had to ask the visiting surgeon to open me up again. They did so and cauterized the bleeder.
During this time, I could have died at several points in the process. I realized that only Jesus mattered and I had to cling to him. Not a picture of him, because I despise the westernized pictures of him, but the person of Jesus. like holding onto him with everything a blackness and in empty space.
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