Ego has it's price

  I am tempted to make this about the inner workings of the church. First, let me make this clear, the church is not a building, nor is it any one denomination, but rather it is a body of world wide believers! And this body of believers is made up of people from all faiths, and all walks of life. And yes, many do come from the Muslim faith. Not as many as would like to, but still they come! That courage, that desire! These new Christians showed amazing faith, because for them, such a decision really does risk life and limb! But even here, to announce that you are a true believer, takes tremendous courage, for me, Kirsten Powers comes to mind, congratulations Kirsten, now that took guts! Oh and don't expect a call from the president any time soon?
  Often, those who come from the Muslim faith, come first as an intellectual curiosity, they are educated, and they can well understand the teachings within the bible. That is the aspect of the Christian faith that brought them to want to know more, intellectualism. Once they agree in their mind about the reality of Jesus, the epiphany is never far behind! But also, because they know the poetry of the faith they just came from, they are gifted in a way that others are not!
  Now this isn't at all what I had in mind when I started this, because I had intended to write about the schism that exists now within the Christian community, but then thought better of it? For the schism that I am talking about, has been with us from the beginning, but to understand it, you must understand the deeper meanings of faith. Most of you could not understand it, but not because you are stupid, but because you are ignorant, there is a difference. For those of you who read me with any regularity might remember, a few posts back, I gave the parable about coming into a strange room alone? That one explains the ignorance I'm talking about.
  In order to have any chance at all of truly understanding these deeper things of faith, you must comply with the only commandment that the Lord gave us the first time he was here? And that is, You must be born again. He didn't say, you might want to consider it, he said you must! So again, the first thing to do, is to decide to do it, you choose to do it, it is an intellectual decision. Why do you think the vocal atheists try so hard to make fun of it? It's because there is no logical defense against it! They, that is, the smartest among them, have figured out that they are wrong, and the only thing keeping them from admitting it, is not for some intellectual high ground, but because they would have to admit they are wrong, and secondly, they'd be drummed out of the club? Afterall, ego has it's price!