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<\/a>s? Is the creation account literal or figurative? Why did God look with favor on Abel and not Cain? Who did Cain marry? <\/em>(I know\u2026Mrs. Cain!) Who was Cain afraid of?<\/em> etc. Now, I do have an opinion on these questions, but humility demands that I ask myself if have the \u201cright\u201d answer? Furthermore, how important are these questions and how important is it that I get them right?<\/p>\nI am learning that I have sometimes been guilty of treating all \u201creligious\u201d questions with the same intensity of importance and that this intensity over getting some of the less important questions \u201cright\u201d has many times lead me to miss the most important questions. <\/p>\n
For example, some in my circle of followers have argued for years over whether or not it is \u201clegal\u201d to have Bible Classes or not. Some have been so concerned over other believers getting this \u201cvery important\u201d question \u201cright\u201d, that they have refused fellowship to those who get it \u201cwrong\u201d. I wonder if this is one of many cases of us making unimportant questions \u201cvery important\u201d and requiring that everyone get it \u201cright\u201d. And we didn\u2019t stop with Bible Classes, we also argued over other \u201cvery important\u201d things like church signs, carpet, versions of the Bible, number of cups used in the Lord\u2019s supper, when we remember the Lord\u2019s Supper, the order of worship, the types of songs, shaped notes or round, instruments, kitchens, (by the way, I\u2019ve never heard a church argue over whether we should have indoor plumbing\u2026) length of sermons, women\u2019s role, what time Sunday night should meet, if we should meet Sunday night, and so on and so on\u2026..UGH! Are these really the \u201cvery important\u201d questions that we must get \u201cright\u201d?<\/p>\n
Yes, some matters are \u201cvery important\u201d. But some matters are only \u201cvery important\u201d because we have said they are, not because they are Father, I praise you for your mercy when I try to make the unimportant important. Help me show that same mercy and love to others. I ask for your Holy Spirit to guide me into the real important questions that I should be asking of You, and of myself. I want to know you more Father. I praise you that you want me to know you! Your son\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my line of \u201cwork\u201d, there seems to be a lot of questions that are \u201cvery important\u201d that need to be answered \u201cright\u201d. Wow that\u2019s a lot of \u201cquotes\u201d! I put quotes around \u201cwork\u201d because to me, my line of … Continue reading <\/a>important to God. I pray that God will lead me in such a way, and that I can walk in humility in a way that the questions that I ask and the answers that I seek, truly are \u201cvery important\u201d. And, I challenge all who seek Christ, to first seek what was important to him (justice, mercy, love, just to name a few), and let the lesser things stay where they belong.<\/p>\n
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