Are You a Product

of the Academy?

‘Christian’, are you a product of the tertiary academy, resorting under its faculty of “Christendom”? What was the root reason for you to embark on that avenue… to solely learn to know the God of the Bible… or did the credentials as a means to status in a hierarchy of prestige draw you? Is your arena strictly demarcated, only allowing the academically- qualified in your territory of ‘expertise’? How do you respond when a ‘commoner’ questions- and challenges you? Is it a response of humbleness… or is it a response of dismay… saturated with conceit? How did the scribes and Pharisees respond to Peter and John… two illiterate ‘commoners’ in their eyes? Acts 4:13 “Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.” - New American Standard Bible Do you, Professor Dr. Scribe, feel offended when a ‘commoner’ shows boldness towards you? Reality within the heart shows. When one’s ego is threatened, it reacts and thus reveals itself. True Christianity is ALL about Christ. True Christianity does not have an ego to defend. True Christianity speaks with boldness and chutzpah, in defence of the true Jesus Christ… not in defence of the self. What did Jesus think of the academy? Matthew 11:25 “At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.” - New American Standard Bible Did Jesus love the scribes and Pharisees? Of course He did. Jesus hates pride… but He loves the prideful. The prideful is and will be painfully disciplined into humbleness by Jesus. Discipline, especially from the Ultimate Father, is a painful affair. To qualify for the Ultimate glory with Him, ultimate discipline is asked for beforehand… at the hand of God Himself. Hebrews 12:6 “For the Lord disciplines whom He loves, and He scourges every son whom He receives.” - Berean Literal Bible Hebrews 10:31 “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” - Berean Literal Bible The academy is an institution that puffs up the ego since time immemorial. Paul was also a member of that society… until God threw him to the ground. Afterwards Paul regarded all his credentials to be worthless when Jesus revealed to him the Truth… the Truth that set him free… with wisdom embedded in the cross of grace. For Paul there then remained only one law… the law of the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 3:19 ““For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”” - Berean Study Bible Romans 8:2 “because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” - Berean Study Bible Pastor, if you are one of the 2.3 billion ‘Christians’, you proclaim an “everlasting hell”, don’t you? 2.3 billion is a lot, Pastor. Ever thought of that, taken into account the small gate Jesus talks about in Matthew 7:14 , that leads to life? Pastor, do you really believe that the so-called ‘Christian’ church experiences the life Jesus talks about, taken into account all the jealousy, enmity, backbiting, envy, interpersonal conflict and division present in your society? See what Paul says below… 2 Corinthians 3:6 “He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” - New International Version The spiritual death that is so evident in the divided church today is solely because of the ‘fiddled-with letter’ being read with a bias-egotistical agenda. The grammatical discrepancies in billions of Bibles across the globe have put the whole ‘Christendom’ into a whirlpool of insecurity and subsequent strife, because of its focus on the letter and not on Christ, the Saviour of ALL people. Its constant and futile attempts to ‘prove’ its eschatological exclusivity have been its downfall. Are you one of those who regard written comments around the Bible in basic language, without academic theological terminology, to be too informal, too simplistic and too unsophisticated? Professor Dr. Scribe, dissertation style is for the academy, but warm heart- style is for all the rest who appreciate what’s coming from the heart. Paul heard Christ’s voice, smitten on the ground… the perfect place to be for hearing Him. Think again, Professor, Doctor… at the Spiritual Drawing Board… The Holy Spirit.

Are You a Product of the Academy?