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Skin a Cat?
“More than one way to skin a cat”
What does that mean?
Where did that come from?
It’s insulting to tell an adult that there’s only 1 way to do something and they are doing it wrong.
It stirs emotion in you, doesn’t it.
Like helping your grandchildren w/ their math homework.
I could help my kids up to middle school.
Now, I probably couldn’t help my granddaughter in 1st grade.
B/C, they have to do it one way and show their work for full credit.
Math
62
+26
The old way: 6+2=8 and 2+6=8.
So, 88.
Common core:
60 + 2
20 + 6
= 80 + 8 = 88.
14
x13
The old way:
3 x 4 =12 write down 2, carry the 1.
3 x 1 = 3 (+ the carried 1) = 4
42
1 x 4 = 4 and 1 x 1 = 1 Set the answer under the 1
42
+14
182
Common core:
10 x 10 = 100
10 x 4 = 40
10 x 3 = 30
3 x 4 = 12
Add vertically: 182
There is only 1 answer even if these are 2 different ways to get to it.
The old, traditional way and the new, common core way.
1 + 1 will always and only = 2.
There is security in knowing that the answer will always be the same only answer no matter how many times or how many ways we ask the question.
What about worship?
Is there only one way?
To say that there is only one way to worship God
No.
But, there is only one Object.
Worshiping God
I talked about this a few weeks ago.
The church in Jerusalem met were committed to sensitivity to those who had been Jewish but became Christian and wanted to continue some of their same worship practices.
And, still allow new Christians from different cultures to worship God in different ways.
As long as you are worshiping only God, no idols.
And, as long as you have faith in the gracious work of Jesus, and only the gracious work of Jesus to be saved, then you can worship in any way your conscience allows under the leadership of the HS.
The catholics can hold a mass
The charismatics can practice the sign gifts
The liturgicals can recite the liturgies
The methodists can stick to their methods
And, we can do what we do.
More casual and contemporary on Saturdays
More formal and traditional on Sundays
As long as our worship is based only on faith in the gracious work of Jesus and no one or nothing else.
So, what about only faith and only in Jesus?
If you tell adults there is only 1 way to do something you are going to get a reaction.
Especially, if it’s something as important as what to believe about God and heaven.
The truth is there is only one way to get to heaven and only 2 ways to react to it.
Either receive it or reject it.
There are no variations.
To not receive it in its entirety is to reject it wholly.
For those who receive it, rest in the security of the facts and your faith.
No one should be afraid to engage their brain or anybody else on the facts of our faith.
To reject only a part of this truth is to reject it entirely.
But, the message for the faithful is both factual and powerful.
One day it will be proved that there is only one way to get to heaven and we are on that way.
The single greatest proven fact of our faith is the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Even atheist historians agree that Jesus was tortured and killed.
Their question is about the resurrection.
But, the same facts that support His death also support his resurrection.
So, arguing against his resurrection is no longer an intellectual argument, but an emotional one.
This issue goes back to the very beginning of the church.
It’s what Paul and his group faced as they traveled and planted churches.
is part of Paul’s second journey.
And, records his experiences in Thessalonica and Berea.
First, in Thessalonica
Thessalonica
Acts 17:1
Paul’s case
In Thessalonica.
Alex the Great came from this area and conquered it all 400 years earlier establishing the Greek Empire.
Very loyal to Rome.
As usual, Paul started in the synagogue among the Jews making the case that Jesus is the Messiah.
Some, would have been Greeks who became Jewish.
And, what he shared with them would have spread out into the city to their friends and family.
His case based 2 predictions of several OT prophets.
The OT prophets predicted that the Messiah would
The Messiah would both suffer and be raised from the dead.
The Jewish leadership would not argue these points.
Then, he connected the dots to Jesus.
Jesus is the only One in history to fulfill both.
Many suffered for their faith and otherwise.
There are 10 cases written about in the bible of people raised from the dead.
One related to Elijah and 2 to Elisha
But, Jesus is the only one that did both.
He suffered terribly and was raised on the 3rd day.
There are 7 that had already occured and are written about in the NT.
Jesus, He raised 3 people, Peter and Paul raised 1 each, and when Jesus was raised many be
So, Paul made his case, and like always, when you tell adults there is only 1 way to get to God then you’re going to get a reaction.
And, he did.
First reaction: Reception.
A small group of Jews and a large group of Greeks received his message and received Jesus as their Savior
Reception
Just a few Jews.
But, many Greeks, including prominent women.
The message runs across all social barriers.
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