It's Reasonable
Dear Champions,
The excerpt below is from an Andy Stanley sermon. It wasn't Stanley that was speaking, but it was part of a skit that was being acted out. The scripture is John 6:19-21 When they had rowed about three or four miles they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. But he said to them, "It is I; don't be afraid." Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
When a dog bites a man, that's reasonable. But when a man bites a dog, that is news. Critics say that all of the miraculous events of Jesus are fairy tales. They say that a reasonable and rational person would never believe that a man walked on water, that a man calmed the storm with his voice, or that a man turned water into wine or that he raised people from the dead.
The critics are right. The idea that a man could do these things is as outlandish as a man biting a dog.
Jesus claimed not to be just a man, but that he was the Son of God. The Son of God walks on water. That's reasonable. The Son of God sinks, that is news!
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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