Titus 2:2 - “Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.” Brought to you by BibleGateway.com. Copyright (C) NIV. All Rights Reserved.
I recently watched the latest remake of Alice in Wonderland with my grandkids. It was fun to see how the writers combined the Lewis Carroll’s familiar stories and added a new twist to them. The latest in technology was employed to bring this adaptation to life.
In one scene, Alice prepares to do battle with the fierce Jabberwocky. She gathers her courage by reciting a list of “six impossible things she believes.” I don’t recall them all, but one is that animals can talk.
I remember reading that Christians and Alice are alike. Both believe in six impossible things before breakfast. At the time I found this statement puzzling. Now I think I understand.
Those of us who have been Christians for awhile may not even be aware that for non-Christians we do just that. We believe and live our lives on the basis of things that seem impossible or at least highly improbable.
Perhaps that’s why we are called people of faith. In Hebrews 11, we read that “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
Many of these articles of faith surround Jesus. We believe that he was born of a virgin. We believe that he is the son of God. We believe that he performed miracles. One of the most outlandish things we believe is that he died – really and truly without a doubt died -- and then was alive by the power of God. We believe that he continues to live in heaven, caring for humanity, loving people, forgiving and healing.
Another “impossible” thing, we believe is that God is the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Try explaining how 1 + 1+1 = 1 to someone.
I’m sure if you spend even a little time you can come up with other “impossible” things that we believe. The very fact that we have come to accept these things is in itself a mystery – a mystery of faith.
Let’s keep in mind how “impossible” the things we believe are even as we remember that nothing is “impossible for God.”
Great is the mystery of faith Terry
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