Another Weekend Away
This weekend, I spent on another retreat. This time with a young adult group from Lancaster, PA. I was asked to come up and speak, and to them I talked a great deal about taking Christ to the net.
If you will, I spoke about the reasons that I believe God has given me MMM as an outlet. The Net, for all intents and puporses, has become a way of life for much of the 1st and 2nd world countries. It is an equalizer on many ends as well. But like eveyrhitng else that has been created by man, it was created without the mindset that this should be dedicated to God.
Genesis 1:26-28
Man was created in the image and likeness of God. And to that end, we were created with this mentality and character trait of wanting to create things ourselves. The problem is that once Adam and Eve fell to sin, anything that would be created would be the prodcut of a broken relationship with the Creator. An example I used when talking to the group at the camp was that personality trait of men who are angry; they will remove themelves from that thing that made them angry, and even go so far to make an intention to create a reality that does not include that thing that hurt them.
I believe that the Net is an extension of that hurt man (not woman) felt when Adam was kicked out of the garden. Man was so hurt that anything he created, could not have God in it, else it would remind him at his core, of that relationship that he lost due to sin.
The issue at hand then with the Net connected culture that we live in, is reintroducing man (and woman) to the fact that God is ever present in every facet of creation, and to create without His heart, HIs mind, His Spirit, means that we only create death traps. I'd hate to see something so neat and useful as the net become a death trap. One can argue that television and radio have already become death traps for so many people. I would hope that the net isnt already like that.
And therefore I teach that understanding the fall of man, understanding the need for a Savior, and then how that all relates to the current technological landscape is very important to this season in which we live. Yes, we can live without the net. And some might even say that one should not spend so much time on it. I believe in preventative mediciine, not reactive. Get Christ into the Net connected culture now, and reap the fruit of a repaired relationship later.
At least that is my vision and hope that I shared with the young adults this weekend. I hope that you too can see my heart, and see where MMM has its place as a ligament to support the workings of the Body that is already online. Welcome to the new week yall. Its going to one of those blessed ones again.
If you will, I spoke about the reasons that I believe God has given me MMM as an outlet. The Net, for all intents and puporses, has become a way of life for much of the 1st and 2nd world countries. It is an equalizer on many ends as well. But like eveyrhitng else that has been created by man, it was created without the mindset that this should be dedicated to God.
Genesis 1:26-28
Man was created in the image and likeness of God. And to that end, we were created with this mentality and character trait of wanting to create things ourselves. The problem is that once Adam and Eve fell to sin, anything that would be created would be the prodcut of a broken relationship with the Creator. An example I used when talking to the group at the camp was that personality trait of men who are angry; they will remove themelves from that thing that made them angry, and even go so far to make an intention to create a reality that does not include that thing that hurt them.
I believe that the Net is an extension of that hurt man (not woman) felt when Adam was kicked out of the garden. Man was so hurt that anything he created, could not have God in it, else it would remind him at his core, of that relationship that he lost due to sin.
The issue at hand then with the Net connected culture that we live in, is reintroducing man (and woman) to the fact that God is ever present in every facet of creation, and to create without His heart, HIs mind, His Spirit, means that we only create death traps. I'd hate to see something so neat and useful as the net become a death trap. One can argue that television and radio have already become death traps for so many people. I would hope that the net isnt already like that.
And therefore I teach that understanding the fall of man, understanding the need for a Savior, and then how that all relates to the current technological landscape is very important to this season in which we live. Yes, we can live without the net. And some might even say that one should not spend so much time on it. I believe in preventative mediciine, not reactive. Get Christ into the Net connected culture now, and reap the fruit of a repaired relationship later.
At least that is my vision and hope that I shared with the young adults this weekend. I hope that you too can see my heart, and see where MMM has its place as a ligament to support the workings of the Body that is already online. Welcome to the new week yall. Its going to one of those blessed ones again.
posted by Antoine @ 9/05/2005 10:12:00 AM
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