Friday, February 13, 2009

A Strange Thought during the Meeting

Last night's meeting was interestingly all over the place. I was following along on the webcam from the comfort of my home and thankfully so as it appeared the dialogue in the classroom was somewhat intense. I was able however, to see several side conversations on the chat section of the web room. These conversations, along with the classroom discussion brought a strange thought to my mind. This particular thought might have been spur ed by someone (whom I could not see) that made a comment to the young man who continued to speak all night, about God knowing and forming him before he was even born. Many of the young men, and I say men because no female skeptics have come to a meeting so far, whom we have encountered online and in the classroom say or at least suggest that they are searching to know and they think Christianity fails in that area where science may not. The thought that came to me last night however, was that they do not really desire to know, as much as they desire to be known.

Now I am not saying that they even know this, but it appears that one would make You Tube video's about themselves, spend hours in a chat room with people all over the world, make face book and myspace pages all about themselves and the like basically to make themselves known. I believe that we all want to be known and that is built in us as image bearers of God. It takes only a short review of the Old Testament to see that God often does what He does to make His name known. We desire to be known by others and the fact of the matter is that all of the knowledge seeking in the world will not do that, all of the friends in the world will not do that. No, not even in the marriage are you truly known by your spouse. Your spouse does however, know you better than any other and it is interesting because it is that relationship that is used to describe our relationship with Christ. Yes, only God who created us and sustains us is the only One who truly knows us. So as this continues to come to me I will share more later... Let me know what you think 
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    Agree with Russ. It is natural to want to be known, and it is natural to want to know. It's why we have relationships. We are communicators. We need intimacy. Some of us have a hard time with intimacy and try to avoid it altogether. Nevertheless, it is what we were wired for. Ultimately, that desire for unrestricted transparent intimacy can only be met in a relationship with God, through the power of the Holy Spirit and faith in Jesus.

    Yet even then, we will not fully know the kind of relationship we crave until such time that Christ returns and we see him face to face. "Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then... we shall know Him fully, even as we are fully known" (paraphrase of I Cor 13).

    Tom

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    Nice addition Tom. This is where I was trying to head. I guess with social networking and youtube video's it occurred to me that some many of the people out there simply want to be known.

    Russ

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  3. Kueker KrossingMay 5, 2009 at 7:04 PM

    I couldn't agree more, Russ. And, by the way, loved you in the chat room! You really made it much easier to control the room and keep it fun while easing some of the confusion going on in there.
    It is apparent that most of these skeptics coming into the chat room really don't want to know the truth. They are without the Holy Spirit and are, therefore, natural God-haters. Now, I'm not trying to make it sound as if though I am better than they because the Holy Spirit dwells in me and I in Him. I am simply stating a Biblical truth as taught in scripture about man's depravity and the results thereof.
    What we experienced with the skeptics is to be expected. Our hope, as Christians, is that God will work in their hearts so that the sin that they once love they now hate.
    As far as the whole "to be known" issue, I can relate to that being made in God's image as well. My primary purpose in being on You Tube is to glorify God, but I will admit that I take pleasure in the fame aspect at times. Hey, I'm still a sinner. The only difference between me and the skeptic is that I rejoice in the fact that God saved me from the bondage of sin.

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