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My name is Gary Priddy, I am the pastor here, but I wasn’t always a pastor.
In fact I spent much of my life living as though God and his desire to be in a relationship with me just wasn’t that important.
I wasn’t bad mind you.
In fact if I had died back then, you would have come to my funeral and thought…he was a pretty good guy.
THat’s one thing that
There are somethings in life that when I became a pastor, I got a unique perspective on.
He was a good person....she’s in a better place…They weren’t really a Christian, but It doesn’t really matter what you believe, but they were a sincere person.
Elephant Parable
Tail - Rope
Leg - tree
Side - wall
Ear - fan
Tusk - spear
Trunk - snake
The pluralist wants us to see that they all are honestly observing what they can.
The elephant is God, and none of them can comprehend God because they are spiritually blind.
What’s important is that they are faithful to their understanding of God.
None of them are completely right...because, all of them are blind.
I love this parable, not because it proves that the monk in Tibet who prays and lives a peaceful life is going to heaven too....no I love this parable because it teaches us two things.
First, the parable screams the obvious truth that we are blind to seeing God for who he REALLY is.
All these blind guys either need someone to explain to them what they are seeing, someone with a prophetic voice who can tell them to truth, or the elephant must reveal himself in a supernatural way to these blind seekers.
Unless God reveals himself we have no chance of comprehending him or grasping his love for us and his will for our lives here on earth.
Many though use this parable to teach pluralism.
The idea that all Gods’ are essentially the same, all religions are the same.
They hear this parable to say that since none of them have the full picture, then none of them are wrong, that all of them see the truth but only a partial truth.
That what matters is sincerity.
It doesn’t matter what you believe, as long as you are sincere.
The monk in Tibet who fasts, and prays, and lives a peaceful life is worshiping the same God as you and I, just in a different way.
That what matters is sincerity.
A lot of our friends believe this.
There are a lot of folks who consider themselves Christians who believe this.
I never thought much about how prevalent this was before I became a pastor.
I really didn’t.
Some things I did think about, Jesus, heaven, The Holy Spirit, fried chicken.
But how many people believed in the sincerity principle wasn’t one of them.
No problem with spirituality
He was a good person....she’s in a better place...
No problem with spirituality
No problem with “God”
No problem with eternity
The problem people have is with Jesus, because Jesus made some pretty significant claims in his life.
Sincerity is the main issue.
If that’s you…or if that’s someone you care about.
I would ask them to do one thing.
Not commit to Jesus and become a Christian....while I would love that it may be too big a leap for you to take today.
What I want for you to do, for them to do is just consider the life and claims of Jesus.
Just look at His life, and consider it as it was.
The problem is, all the blind men needed someone to reveal the truth to them.
You see in the parable of the Elephant, the problem is, all the blind men needed someone to reveal the truth to them.
The Bible teaches us that that’s exactly what Jesus came to do.
All world religions are NOT the same.
True each one has some truth and each one has some beauty to it, but they are NOT the same.
Buddhism there is no god, no self, no final existence, countless rebirth—end cycle.
Buddhism there is no god, no self, no final existence, countless rebirth—end cycle.
All world religions are not the same—some truth & beauty all—not same.
· Buddhism no god, no self, no final existence, countless rebirth—end cycle.
Hinduism—impersonal god—approached thru deities/statues/idols.
· Bud & Hind don’t offer forgiveness of sins or supernatural help—karma.
Bud & Hind don’t offer forgiveness of sins or supernatural help—rely on karma to bring about balance in the world.
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Muslim—worship Allah—personal god—no secondary gods and a total ban on idols.
sounds good so far.
IN fact I would say if we talked to a Muslim person, we would probably find that ethically we have much in common with them.
The problem is in the Muslim faith, your standing before God depends on your religious devotion and works.
New Age—no personal god, God is just a higher consciousness— God is everywhere, the universe or cosmos; In NA, we are all spiritual, and as spirit beings, we can channel good or evil into and through our lives here on earth.
There are many versions of NA religion, but all fall back to the teaching that there is no personal God.
Christianity—personal God—sent Jesus—show us love—forgiveness
All world religions are not the same—some truth & beauty all—not same.
Consider Jesus
Consider the ministry of Jesus.
Think of the ones Jesus reached out to.
Those are the ones that Jesus reached out to, loved and accepted.
One of his closest followers was one who stole from his people and was loyal to Rome.
He rescued and forgave the woman caught in adultery.
He healed the sick, the blind, the deaf, the mute.
Lepers he made clean.
Turned water to wine, raised the dead, walked on water, multiplied the loaves and fishes before thousands, and cast out demons.
Caught in adultery—Without sin—throw first stone!
All throughout his ministry, not a single one of his opponents questioned his miracles or said he was a fraud....what they questioned was his declaration of being the Son of God.
Because they expected something different.
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Some of our friends are expecting something different, some of you may be expecting something different…That was true for me, I expected judgement from God.
Not love and acceptance.
I didn't’ think God could love a person like me, what all I had done, but what I discovered that screw-ups, mess-ups are Jesus’s specialty.
And that’s a good thing because I’m not the only screw-up or former screw-up in the room.
Some of you have experienced the ministry of Jesus.
Maybe our friends need to hear our story, who we used to be before we experienced the ministry of Jesus first hand.
but step back and consider his ministry,
Then
Opened blind eyes, Healed deaf ears, Mute to speak, Heals lepers
Water to wine, Walked on water, L&F, Raised dead
Critics didn’t question his miracles—just wanted him to stop!
Some of you are miracles!
Consider the resurrection of Jesus.
I mean, consider how much God loves us and at the same time hates sin.
He loves us so much he gave his son who would die that the penalty of sin would be overcome.
Loves us—hates sin!
Father forgive them—It is finished—Into Your Hands
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