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Monday / Wednesday / Friday Devotional Feature of the First Road Blog]
Talk when you sit at home, talk when you stroll down the sidewalk, when
you go to bed, when you get up. In these commands God gives a picture of education as conversation, not as
lecture and notes; and it flows from the Sovereign Commands to love God and to love one’s neighbor upon which all His law's hang. We’ll consider the reference to signs on hands, frontlets between eyes,
and writings on doors and gates in time. For now, let's focus on the talk
category with emphasis on content; and in doing so let’s begin with a caution.
Biblically oriented conversation in the spirit of Deuteronomy 6:4-9 does not refer to "plugging" in Bible thoughts like pop up ads
on a web site. Some of those pop ups can be counterproductive. For example. There is the familiar remark – How can anyone say this just
happened by accident? The question is a good one, but it can become a
rhetorical cliché; and, worse, it can launch a discussion focused more on man’s
thoughts rather than God’s truth. One does not honor his wife by pointing out the bad features of the one he didn’t marry.
Take a moment to imagine a conversation about wisdom and design as
realities and not part of an argument? Imagine
immersing ourselves conversationally in the obvious, creative genius of our God
without one nod to man’s errors. Imagine becoming awed by God's
creative magnificence as we wonder together what would be necessary for us
to invent something as beautiful or functional? We could even talk about how
man uses God’s blueprints of create things we use? Being well grounded in the reality of design makes the fantasy of man-made "creation" theories stand out in bold relief.
How
could anyone be interested in Brunhilde?
Maybe, in Jesus' humanity, some of that wonder was built into his sinless being through conversations with Dad and Mom. We know he was thoroughly comfortable with creation and did not seem inclined to plug in objections to Greek philosophical influences when he talked about it.
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