So, I guess I’m what they call a new Christian. I’ve been taking my walk with Jesus for some years, however, I’m a late bloomer in some areas. I wasn’t sure what all this blog was going to contain, I’m trying to let God direct me in that way, however, inviting you along on my walk seems like a good direction for this to take. I feel like I could be a good resource for other new Christians and the curious non-believer, alike. I’ve read quite a bit of the Bible and am pretty well studied in general spiritual philosophy, and when it came to committing myself, as an adult, which I’ll explain in a moment, I was still somewhat agnostic. Meaning, I believed in God and hadn’t accepted Jesus as the 3rd member of the trinity, the nature of the triune godhead, His true divinity on earth, or committed to Romans 10:9 “…all who believe Jesus died and was resurrected and who affirm aloud ‘Jesus is LORD.’ will be saved.” Somehow I just couldn’t get to the saying it out loud part. It felt silly that I couldn’t say it, not the idea that I should need to, because I did believe at that point that He was who He said He was, I just had a few hitches in my belief that I think held me up, and it was odd that I couldn’t Just Say It. So, finally, now, I’ve committed myself as per Romans 10:9 and I frequently say out loud the blessing the angels around the Father said ‘Holy, Holy, Holy, the LORD is God Almighty.’ ‘Jesus is LORD.’
I’m getting closer to a right understanding of the trinity and the surrounding concept of divinity. I think it’s just something that while I read and talk to my fellows more, I contemplate more clearly and the comprehension of the concept gets fuller. I don’t think a person could explain it to me better, at this point, I need to go inward to God for my understanding. I read the Bible. Different translations, too, like the amplified version, CEB, NLT, NIV. I read some of the Hebrew versions because I like word entomology for larger meaning. I try not to get hung up on the doctrines of men because men are fallible. I do listen to some commentary by folks like Matthew Henry and I’ve found some useful documentaries on American Gospel TV, I’m just not reading from non-biblical, post-modern ideologies as I find them too introverted to be helpful, that is, they talk about themselves and not Jesus and God. I know some people would argue that Jesus IS God, and here I was just talking about the trinity and all, however, let’s take this slowly, to me they were separate and God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God Jesus, the Son, are the persons of the One True God, so, if I’m talking about God, that’s the whole trinity, and if I mean one of the persons, I’ll name the personhood of God I’m talking about. A lot of people I’ve spoken to refer to the Father as God the union of the trinity, however, I’m not ready to distinguish things that way. It helps me see Jesus as One and Whole if I can distinguish the Father the same way, and God as All God. Maybe my thinking will ‘mature’ as they say, and maybe I’m just making this distinction for now. Maybe other people are confusing the issue, I don’t know. I figure as long as I’m being clear enough, and calling out each personage of the trinity is pretty clear, as long as I’m not misleading other Newbies, or whatever new Christians like to be called, or wait, the ‘mature’ Christians call the new Christians ‘new believers’.
Well, I don’t think I’m that either. I’m more of a new converter or better, new committer. Or re-committer. Now I’ll tell you that bit that distinguishes me as an adult believer. When I was 7 years old, and my family wasn’t a church going group, I went to a Bible study a few times. It wasn’t for kids, however I was sent because it was next door, and the second or third time I heard the Word speaking to me. That day the woman who had been reading from the Bible said that we should commit at least 5 minutes a day of our lives to God. She wasn’t talking about getting into the word or praying, I remember this, she was saying if it was hard to commit yourself to Jesus, just try for 5-10 minutes a day and, being a child I thought, ‘what’s 10 minutes? I can do more than that, I’ll commit my whole Life to God, good, bad and indifferent, my Life is His [although I didn’t know about the capitalizing stuff at that time]’. So, I did forget that I’d made that commitment. Not immediately, I was serious. But, I did live a Life outside of what most Christians would consider holy or sin-free. I didn’t have any more formal learning and didn’t persue the church after this afternoon Bible study came to an end. It wasn’t what God had in mind for me, to be on the straight and narrow. But, now, I’m definitely a voice for God. There are no other mountains I would DIE on than proclaiming Jesus is LORD. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got Plenty of opinions. And You’ll get to hear some. This is my focus and what I think is missing in the world now. And it’s complex and fascinating, exhilarating and plain. God is Real and Jesus is LORD.
The Life I Have Lived 