Going Crazy Time (Sermon)

The Bible is the most imperfect guide to life you will ever find.

Ha?!? Mwuh Rah goo?!? Have you gone crazy, Father Choi? Have you gone Flip City? Have you gone troppo? What is happening?!? To your mind?!? Have you gone crazy? Are you… INSANE?!?

Granted, most of you do not like me enough to have such a broad reaction. I am painfully aware of that… but think about it anyway: I am the Pastor of your local neighborhood church… where you been coming for years, and I am holding the Bible up and telling you that it is the most imperfect guide to life you will ever find. Craziness.

How is the Bible imperfect? It does not give you the small answers. It does not tell you how many drinks to have at a party, or when it is right to report your co-worker to your boss. The Bible does not tell you how to deal with a sudden sexual impulse- which is the very instinct that perpetuates the human species. The Bible does not tell you the difference between recreational drug use and abuse, and it does not tell you when to yell at your children and when to let them figure things out for themselves. It does not tell you how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Believe me, I check.

'Give me the good stuff'

But what the Bible gives you are the big answers: it reminds you of the things that you already know in your heart, and the reason those things are in your heart is because God put them there. You know that lying is wrong, and that killing is a sin, but sometime in this life you will get so confused by all the Little Things that you will forget about the Big Things. And that is when we stray from God. And when we do we use the Bible to remind us of what is true.

You are going to make mistakes- that is human- and God will forgive them, because that is his end of the agreement. But do not lose the Bible. Even if you keep a copy on hand but never open it up! All you need to do is look at the Bible and be reminded that it is there for you, waiting patiently for the day you are ready to look into your heart and accept God’s graces.

The Bible is imperfect. It does not have all the answers.

Just the important ones.

Let us pray…

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