HomeI love theology (The study of the nature of God and religious truth). I love thinking about it, studying about it, discovering new or uncovered truths. Though more difficult and less comfortable, I love uncovering false thinking, faulty thinking, misconceptions and replacing them with biblical truth. I don’t mean in others, though that is fulfilling to, but I mean mostly in me.
During the sermon this week, Pastor Marc preached through Luke 22:31-38. Awesome stuff. 12 years in church and I have not been able to put all these pieces together to understand prayer and priesthood and how that all ties together and provides us access to God. Many, many implications to this. It was like Synapses Lighting up in my brain. Illumination. I love those moments and I love the aftermath as the word comes alive again in so many ways as you see deeper into the truths that are held within the word, often right in front of you.
What did I come away with? several things…
Jesus is my intercessor, mediator, and that is why we pray through Him.
Jesus has continuous, not limited access to the father. The human priests he “replaced” when he went back to the father only had one day a year to approach God in the holiest of holies. Jesus is there all the time.
Prayer is not something we “have to do”, it is something we get to do, it is a privilege, an honor, a delight. It should amaze us, often it does not. I think because I have not fully (and still don’t) understand it. But greater understanding brings more hope and desire.
I love learning and I love hearing God’s word proclaimed.