Small Error
I was in a group a while ago, making Halloween plans. As I've never done it myself, it was rather entertaining to help others plan. Somebody brought up the idea of carting around a door to put in front of others houses, so that when the housebound candy-givers answered, they'd be faced with a door upon opening their own. Long story short, one of my buddies was spitting out words a little to fast at this point, and came out with, "And Jesus is asking you to come into his heart!"
Of course his small... error was realized. Usually it's supposed to come out something like this, "And Jesus is asking if he can come into your heart."
Now that's not in a literal sense; Jesus doesn't appear from somewhere and inhabit your pumping muscle known as the heart. He indwells your spirit, in spirit form.
John 14:16-17 says, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives in you and will be (or, and is) in you"
So although Jesus asking if you will come into his heart is not traditional, at the same time, I don't really think it's an error either. Jesus wants you to invite him to enter your heart, but after that, it only makes sense to switch the perspective. Enter Jesus' heart. Searching for what it means to be like Christ. Finding out what Jesus' heart is like, so that we can live it.
The bible is God's letter to us. I believe it houses everything we need to know about Christ and his purposes. And after some time of searching, one important thing I've discovered is that there's enough to keep me searching for my whole lifetime. Is that discouraging? Not really, no. Because what I discover simply gives me hunger for more of his word.
John 8:32 says, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
That is what I discover. The truth is a freeing, and freedom is a heady thing indeed. I hunger for it. It's no error to say that Jesus is asking you into his heart. No, the real error is refusing to enter his and seek him, for faith is misplaced with no desire to learn of that which you believe.
Reject the error of simply learning the bible itself. (1 Corinthians 8:1-3) Why not try a simpler tack? Studying with the intention of gaining knowledge about the author, so that his words make sense. Knowledge naturally follows. God bless you in your search.
Of course his small... error was realized. Usually it's supposed to come out something like this, "And Jesus is asking if he can come into your heart."
Now that's not in a literal sense; Jesus doesn't appear from somewhere and inhabit your pumping muscle known as the heart. He indwells your spirit, in spirit form.
John 14:16-17 says, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives in you and will be (or, and is) in you"
So although Jesus asking if you will come into his heart is not traditional, at the same time, I don't really think it's an error either. Jesus wants you to invite him to enter your heart, but after that, it only makes sense to switch the perspective. Enter Jesus' heart. Searching for what it means to be like Christ. Finding out what Jesus' heart is like, so that we can live it.
The bible is God's letter to us. I believe it houses everything we need to know about Christ and his purposes. And after some time of searching, one important thing I've discovered is that there's enough to keep me searching for my whole lifetime. Is that discouraging? Not really, no. Because what I discover simply gives me hunger for more of his word.
John 8:32 says, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
That is what I discover. The truth is a freeing, and freedom is a heady thing indeed. I hunger for it. It's no error to say that Jesus is asking you into his heart. No, the real error is refusing to enter his and seek him, for faith is misplaced with no desire to learn of that which you believe.
Reject the error of simply learning the bible itself. (1 Corinthians 8:1-3) Why not try a simpler tack? Studying with the intention of gaining knowledge about the author, so that his words make sense. Knowledge naturally follows. God bless you in your search.
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