Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with GodContagious Christian - Breaking Barriers to Belief (part II)
November 21st, 2010Previous | Next
2. Bad Teaching
Some carry inaccurate portrayals of God because they have been taught wrong ideas
As long as they picture God as someone who he is not, they will not want to follow him
- A helpless old man
- Cosmic killjoy
- Disinterested deity
- Harsh ogre
Identify with your friends concerns and share your own misconceptions
Beast way of replacing misguided ideas with accurate ones is to teach the Bible
3. Natural Fears
Some have distorted images of Christianity
They are going to lose more than they'll ever gain - misunderstanding God's character
Taste the Lord, his is good - Psalms 34:8
In John 10, Jesus sensed that people were worried about God's plan for their lives
The evil one comes to destroy your life. But I am not like him. I came to give you life to the full.
Christian it not only great way to die but also a great way to live.
Key Phrase: Misguided mental images effectively blunt people's motivation to move toward God
