Hello, Can You Understand Me?

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now." John 16:12

An admission of old geekness: When the message from the Colson Center asked, "Are CRT bans a good idea?" I thought of some environmental regulation and wondered how many folks are still using the old computer monitors. Another case of two talking the same language but being unable to communicate. For their part, they asked if banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory was a good idea. Had they gone on to propose theories named (acronymed?) LED or LCD as alternatives, we might have diverged far down separate roads of conversation and never returned to the point of communication! 

In a similar vein, Jesus spoke to His disciples and to us, and so often it is like we are talking the same language but not communicating. Jesus said such extraordinary things in the gospels that we are left wondering over the things He said that they could not bear. I, for one, believe that Jesus did say them through Paul, Peter, James, John, and Jude, and then the many sermons, songs, and books we have to this day from our Lord's ministers and messengers of the Word. Do we have a complete understanding of our Lord's words now? There is this unveiling of the Revelation thing that continues to bring us back to the word, as just one example of the many extraordinary things Jesus said that we still do not have a complete understanding with Him on the things of the end. 

Thank You, dear Lord, for the puzzling things You said to bring us back to Your word! 

Bucky