Call to Rememberance

CALL TO REMEMBERANCE

 

Heb.10: ³² But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

³³ Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

If indeed there is a god and if only his existence can be surmised but that god cannot be known personally then his existence is irrelevant and inconsequential to human beings. He then becomes no more important than a discussion as to how the New York Yankees will fare this year. In fact, if this is true then religious adherents are only outdistanced in foolishness by those who spend time chastening them.

There is an element of mystery to be sure in Christianity, and the element of faith is at its core. And the process of spiritual enlightenment seems to be the core factor in the experience of conversion which the Scriptures clearly assign to the Spirit. Yes I believe a sinner can search, but in the end it will be the ministry of the Spirit which will not only draw him to Christ but illuminate his heart/mind to redemptive truth and ultimately will empower him to believe that which is otherwise preposterous.

But in the end the experience of being born again is so real and so permeates our beings that we cannot deny what has happened. Our study of the Word only confirms our experience and we begin to understand things that only days and months ago would have been superstition and even an affront to our intellects. Presented with all the evidence there are still some who suggest man never really visited the Moon. But even though he is well versed in the evidence, Neal Armstrong’s knowledge of the event is overwhelmingly subjective.

He walked on the Moon himself. And although I have studied apologetics and my oldest son has three Masters along those lines, I cling to one subjective experience as my immoveable rock. I once was blind but now I see. And in my forty years of being a believer I have seen some dark days in which I could be tempted to succumb to doubt, depression, and even unbelief. No amount of apologetics would have helped me during those days of darkness. Only a remembrance of my conversion experience comforted me and allowed me to return to spiritual health. It is a kind of Descartes mutation. I know God therefore I am saved regardless of my present expression of that fact.

Never allow your spiritual walk to get so detached from the simplicity and miracle of your original conversion that you live on an autopilot energy. The writer of Hebrews exhorts us to recall those former days. You do not have all the answers and you may not be able to adequately answer all the naysayers, but you know that you have been changed by the knowledge of Jesus Christ. And when the rulers discounted the blind man’s testimony of how Jesus had healed him, he honestly said he only knew that he had been blind but now he could see. That should also be our testimony.

I once was blind but now I see. Here I stand, may God have mercy on my soul.