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Monday, September 26, 2005

Great quote

Sunday night at the Sutera meetings currently being held at Church of the Living Hope in Winnipeg, Ralph Sutera made some very good points, and I would love to spend lots of time discussing them, but I have only a few minutes before my lunch ends, so I have to be brief.

He asked, "Are you enjoying God, or just enduring Him?"

He might not have used the exact grammar I did - I don't have the meeting recorded so I am running this back through my memory of the events.

The question was diagnostic - how is your relationship with Christ. Most Christians wouldn't dare answer anything other than "enjoying" - because that is what we are supposed to answer. We all know the rules - of course we enjoy God.

It was a deep probing question - one that opens the door to the reality of whether we are really engaged in fellowship with the Lord or if we are saved and out of fellowship. More on this later.

posted by Daniel @ 1:07 PM

2 Comments:

At 2:07 PM, September 27, 2005, Kim said…

Daniel, I just read your comment over at Phil Johnson's where you transposed all the letters....I could understand every word. That was a great response!

Blessings.
At 2:22 PM, September 27, 2005, Daniel said…

Kim - There are so many bright minds that read Phil's posts, I am often too intimidated to post there - I am glad you liked the post!