Today is Sunday.
Besides preaching once in a month, I was assigned to teach in Sunday School.
I would like to say things that change lives, however, I must be just a boring teacher.
Last year, I was teaching to seniors (> 50 year's old); I felt that the class was diminishing along the year. This year, I am teaching to 6 adolescents, three are my children. I think that I can keep my three children attending to the class.
I decided to teach the short catechism from Westminster. Today I read questions from 21 to 25. I must confess that it was a difficult reading. Our Lord Jesus is our sumo sacerdot who intercedes for us and He is also the Lamb. He is the prophet that speaks according to the Lord's will and He is also King. He is human and He is also God. As human, He was born, grew in wisdom (He did not possess all wisdom at birth), and He was tempted; but besides other humans, He was not born in sin. I told that Adam was created without sin and he was an exception to other human beings, however he was tempted and felled.
I think that it is somehow profound all these statements; however, it is extremely difficult to join all these in a comprehensive way, in half hour. What is the impact of this knowledge in my life?
I tried to argument that it is important to see Jesus as God because all sins offend God and only Him can forgive, but He also must pay for it. For a better understanding, I should have studied in a seminary.
I tried to read many Bible verses that support all these statements and I tried to explain each one; but I would like to have done much better.
Today I am not in my normal state.
I have been proud in the church.
First, there is no "credo" in our church: it is a mix of Amianism and Calvinism. I have seen myself as some kind of ex arminian, illuminated by the calvinism, some kind of a salved person with a stronger faith. I have not been considering myself as proud till now, but certainly there are many things in the Bible that I can not explain; besides, this pride makes me repulsive to others, and makes me a much more sensible guy.
Certainly, today I am fighting against me; or the Lord is fighting against my pride.
Let the Lord win.
Let my soul praise the Lord and not me.
Let me see the hands of the Lord conducting me.
He leadeth me, He leadeth me,
By His own hand He leadeth me:
His faithful foll’wer I would be,
For by His hand He leadeth me.
