From Pastor Biar’s Pen 

Pastor’s Pen

Faith Like A Child

I was cuddled with Lydia one night while we were watching a movie, when she randomly chimed in with “Dada, did you know Jesus loves everyone?” 

“Yes, and He loves you,” I responded. 

Then she said, “Did you know we're all sinners?” Didn't see that one coming, but ok. She had forgotten exactly why we are all sinners, so I had to go over Adam, Eve, the Serpent, and the Fall again, at which point she concluded, “I wish Eve hadn't eaten the wrong fruit so that I could be nice all the time.” Technically, her Law/Gospel dichotomy is in the wrong order, but she's got the gist. We all sin, that's a problem, we can't be as good as we'd like to be, we need Jesus and His grace to set things right, and we have it because He loved us enough to die for our sins. At the end of the day, that's about all you need to know. Sure, the advanced theology and deeper understandings of the Scripture are good and useful and should be pursued; we should strive to know God and discern His Will as much as we are able, but we aren't saved by the ivory tower. The Kingdom of Heaven is not given for having the most books. Rather we are called to set aside pride and boasting about how much head knowledge we have accrued, and embrace the faith of a child, the unwavering trust in the promises of God, to remember these basics, and keep everything else built off of that foundation. 

Sometimes you just have to hang out with a five-year-old to remember that.

In His Holy Name, 
Pastor Biar


 

 

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