AGAIN, and again.

In Luke 24.25 on the road to Emmaus, Jesus said "How foolish you are, and how slow to believe....." and He explained a lot of things to them. In Phil 3.1 Paul said "It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again...." There is a principle here: "Repetition Aids Learning." That is why the Bible repeats the same truths over and over again, and why Romans 12.2 says "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." All of us need 'renewing', we all need to hear truth again, and again, and again We are 'slow to believe.' 

We need to 'pray continuously,' and we need to 'correctly handle the word of truth.' God wants us to think like Jesus, to be like Jesus. He wants us to be controlled by His indwelling Holy Spirit, and to bear much spiritual fruit, and to have an answer to every one who asks us a reason for our hope and behavior. (1 Pet 3.15) 

So we need repetitious reading, meditating and studying. We have only one book, and it contains absolute truth because it is the Word of God,. Other books (great books) help us understand The Book. We need to pickle in it! Again, and again, and again. Is this a priority for you?

This week twice (I hate to admit this) I spent more than two hours watching a TV movie that I got 'hooked' on. Both were a total waste of time. In fact, in my HBAO almost all of TV is useless and non-productive, and prevents us from 'renewing our minds' in the wonderful things of God we need. Again: it prevents us from absorbing the things we really need, and that really matter. TV is not a source for God's truth. 

One more thought: "It is much easier to believe a lie that you have heard a thousand times, than truth that you have heard only once or twice."

bh October 27, 2007

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