No Time to Study the Bible?
We’ve recently changed how we do our weekly blog posts. And we’ve appreciated all the great responses! So, we will keep it up. Instead of having a single, long-form post, we will link to a blog post that’s from our archives, and then share the full content of two of our most popular recent social media posts.
I hope you enjoy the new format!
Archive Post:
Where Do I Find Time to Study the Bible?
Let’s answer this one with just two words.
You don’t.
There ya go. Good enough? Might be our shortest blog post ever. Oh, you want more? Click here to find out how to become the woman or man of the Bible you desire to be!
Social Media Post 1:
And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”
Luke 13:23-24 ESV
What is it that makes the narrow door narrow? Let me say this, the narrow door is wide enough for anyone to pass through it. But why then does Jesus say, “Many will seek to enter but will not be able.”? Please hear me, the narrow door is wide enough for you. But it is not wide enough to also allow sin. It is not wide enough to allow incorrect understandings about Jesus. It is not wide enough to allow those who want to enter the Kingdom of God but don’t want to give up false beliefs. It is exactly wide enough for anyone…anyone who is truly repentant and wants to have a relationship with Jesus Christ as their Lord. What makes the door narrow is not the door. The door is only too narrow when we think we can come through it with baggage that does not belong in the Kingdom. Jesus can seek, find, and reveal Himself to us through any number of pathways. But there is only one door through which we can reach the Father, and Jesus Himself is that single, perfectly sized door.
Social Media Post 2:
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
-Luke 16:9 ESV
Ok. This one takes a bit of explaining. First “unrighteous wealth” here does not mean money made in dishonest ways. It simply means the money we use in the world. Now, “make friends” is tied to “receive you into eternal dwellings”. This is another way of saying, “store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven.” And finally, “when it fails” is a reminder that money is not eternal and we should treat it as something to be used for God’s purposes, and not simply to improve our standard of living. If I were to paraphrase this verse it would be, “Use your money to help and show love to others so that when you die and money becomes irrelevant, those you have helped will joyfully welcome you to Heaven with thankfulness for your earthly generosity!”
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