Back to the Basics.

“Restate to yourself what you believe, then do away with as much of it as possible, and get back to the bedrock of the Cross of Christ.”

Oswald Chambers.

I’m stuck on this comment. This is the second post I’ve done on it and I’m excited about it. This may tread on thin ice for some of you but hold on, I hope you can swim.

Think back to what you used to believe about God. I remember belonging to congregations that had a list of things “We believed.” It was like a set of rules you had to agree with if you wanted to truly be a Christian. If I go back some of those rules are a bit sketchy for me today. I thought you had to do communion every week to be a Christian. I thought I’d go to Hell if I didn’t belong to a particular church. I thought the church I went to was the right one and the others had beliefs that were not as good as mine.

Think about it for a minute. There are all sorts of things we use to define being a Christian even today.

I’m tempted to list some of them but fear some of you, will dig your heels in and fight for the list and miss the point. If I leave this part blank you will probably fill in the holes with your own mind but in doing so remember, that’s your list not mine.

The point is, as we as “Followers of Christ” search for ways to build unity in the Church perhaps we need to take into consideration what Oswald is speaking from the grave.

It’s not about that list you just formed in your brain. It’s not what or how we go to church or how often we do communion.

Restate what you believe then do away with as much of it as possible because following Christ is about the Cross.

Oswald you are one bright guy.