ANTS IN THE SLEEPING BAG (1 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 4:4-42
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Ants in the Sleeping Bag (1 of 3)
Series: Whatever Happened To Truth
Jeff Strite
John 4:4-42
Over the past couple of weeks we've discussed the conflict between the world and God regarding truth. The world accepts truth only with the idea of its being flexible and subject to opinion or one's point of view. The world adamantly rejects the very idea of ''absolute truth'' and ends up in moral confusion.
By contrast, God expects... no, He DEMANDS that we embrace the idea that there is truth -
absolute truth. A truth that can only be found in Jesus Christ.
In the ''Youth Worker's Journal,'' Will Eisenhower tells of a typical experience he had as a counselor at a youth Bible camp: ''It had been an exhausting day; the guys in my cabin were asleep, and I was dead to the world. Then there came a dim awareness: Ants were crawling all over my body. I was so tired, and sleep felt so good, that I actually resisted rousing myself. I knew that if I were roused even a little bit, I would have to acknowledge that my sleeping bag had become an ant freeway. I didn't want to know the awful truth, so for at least several seconds I tried to fight it. At some deep level, I told myself that sleep was the reality and the ants were a dream.''
God's Truth can be like ants in our sleeping bag. His Truth attempts to rouse us out of our sleep and confront us with reality. Many people keep trying to ignore what God says and go back to the comfort of their sleepy lives. Waking up would mean that they have to face reality and see the truth about themselves. It would mean they'd have to change.
THE STORY:
Jesus had just been in Jerusalem for the Jewish Passover and was headed home to Galilee when
He stopped with His disciples at Jacob's well to rest.
Jesus sent his disciples on into the village of Sychar for food while He remained there alone.
Perhaps because Jesus often went off by Himself to be alone, His students had gotten used to seeing their Master withdraw to a quiet ...
Series: Whatever Happened To Truth
Jeff Strite
John 4:4-42
Over the past couple of weeks we've discussed the conflict between the world and God regarding truth. The world accepts truth only with the idea of its being flexible and subject to opinion or one's point of view. The world adamantly rejects the very idea of ''absolute truth'' and ends up in moral confusion.
By contrast, God expects... no, He DEMANDS that we embrace the idea that there is truth -
absolute truth. A truth that can only be found in Jesus Christ.
In the ''Youth Worker's Journal,'' Will Eisenhower tells of a typical experience he had as a counselor at a youth Bible camp: ''It had been an exhausting day; the guys in my cabin were asleep, and I was dead to the world. Then there came a dim awareness: Ants were crawling all over my body. I was so tired, and sleep felt so good, that I actually resisted rousing myself. I knew that if I were roused even a little bit, I would have to acknowledge that my sleeping bag had become an ant freeway. I didn't want to know the awful truth, so for at least several seconds I tried to fight it. At some deep level, I told myself that sleep was the reality and the ants were a dream.''
God's Truth can be like ants in our sleeping bag. His Truth attempts to rouse us out of our sleep and confront us with reality. Many people keep trying to ignore what God says and go back to the comfort of their sleepy lives. Waking up would mean that they have to face reality and see the truth about themselves. It would mean they'd have to change.
THE STORY:
Jesus had just been in Jerusalem for the Jewish Passover and was headed home to Galilee when
He stopped with His disciples at Jacob's well to rest.
Jesus sent his disciples on into the village of Sychar for food while He remained there alone.
Perhaps because Jesus often went off by Himself to be alone, His students had gotten used to seeing their Master withdraw to a quiet ...
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