Over the last few days news has been coming out of Australia about possible revenge attacks on Stingrays because of the death of Steve Irwin. If they prove to be true it amazes me that people who are angry enough over the death of someone they supposedly revere, can have missed the point of his life’s work so much. This man who has spent so much time trying to educate people and strived to open peoples eyes to the beauty and wonder of nature, would have been horrified by this pointless mutilation of a beautiful creature. Can his TV programmes really have failed to get the message across so spectacularly?
On a very simple level this goes issue of completely missing the point transfers across to the church as well. There are countless people who have been going to church for years and have completely missed the point of what Jesus came here to do.
They’ve missed the point that He came to set us free and through His death and resurrection we have eternal life if only we choose to believe. They have missed the point that we have available to us a fulness of life that is only possible because of the sacrifice He made for us? Can His church really have failed to get the message across so spectacularly?
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