Pastor's Corner

for Sunday 18th March
Blind Guides.
In our journey through Luke on Sunday mornings we came across this statement by Jesus, “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit (or ditch)?” What does Jesus mean? Who are the blind guides today and how can we recognize them? There is a flood of information out there - books, TV evangelists; TV shows; movies - all giving us information on how we should live the Christian life. Some of it is good, a lot of it bad and much of it a mixture of good and bad. So how do we navigate our way through this plethora of advice and information? To avoid following a blind guide you must be able to see; you must be able to discern between the right way and the wrong way. I’m not going to tell you what to read or watch or listen to but I would like to offer some questions to ask when processing all this information. I’ll give you the questions then I will take each question - one every week - and expand on it. I’m convinced that if you apply these question when reading a book, watching an evangelist on TV you will be able to discern the good from the bad and thus be able to keep the good and throw away the bad. The questions are:
Question one: What do they do with the scriptures?
Question two: What do they do with Jesus?
Question three: Do they add anything to the cross of Jesus?
Question four: What do they say about man?
Question five: What do they say and do with sin?
As we unpack these five questions I think you’ll see how they will help you avoid “falling into the ditch”.
Pastor Don.