virus isolation April 5
Here is the video for this week-April 5. We'll watch the video together at 6:30 pm and talk about it when we meet with Zoom. You can respond on this blog if you have further thoughts.
Adam (and Eve) made this choice to seize power and to define good and evil on their own.
Is that a story about how we got here? (It is Adam and Eve's fault.) Or, is it all of our stories? (It describes what each of us has ourselves done.)
Abraham's family has the opportunity to make the right choice. If they succeed it will open up a new way forward for the rest of humanity. Despite God's personal guidance Abraham's family gives in to that same temptation to redefine good and evil on their own terms.
(This theme-trying to define what is right and what is wrong on our own terms is reoccurring.)
If those who have God's personal guidance haven't succeeded what hope is there for us?
(Clarify the question...succeeded in what? Succeed in acknowledging God as God and living as if it is God who determines what is right and wrong. Then, and only then, we "do" good...in cooperation with God. Otherwise we will be doing some other good-a good that is on our terms instead of on God's terms.)
Adam (and Eve) made this choice to seize power and to define good and evil on their own.
Is that a story about how we got here? (It is Adam and Eve's fault.) Or, is it all of our stories? (It describes what each of us has ourselves done.)
Abraham's family has the opportunity to make the right choice. If they succeed it will open up a new way forward for the rest of humanity. Despite God's personal guidance Abraham's family gives in to that same temptation to redefine good and evil on their own terms.
(This theme-trying to define what is right and what is wrong on our own terms is reoccurring.)
If those who have God's personal guidance haven't succeeded what hope is there for us?
(Clarify the question...succeeded in what? Succeed in acknowledging God as God and living as if it is God who determines what is right and wrong. Then, and only then, we "do" good...in cooperation with God. Otherwise we will be doing some other good-a good that is on our terms instead of on God's terms.)
Jesus talked about God's definition of good and evil. Jesus says that it is actually those who serve others (even their enemies) who actually rule the world. That is both confusing and beautiful. It is hard.
Just what is it we are supposed to do?
What steps can we take to do that?
In the future day (or maybe today as well) who is it that will bring good?
If it is God who will finally make things good then do I have a role to play or any responsibility? Do I have anything good I can do? (Actually, don't spend too much time on this one for this discussion...)
...because the Bible is a story not an ethical puzzle. What difference does that make?
What was humanity's job at the beginning of the story? Has it changed?
I think that Adam and Eve made a choice that caused us all to have to make that same choice. This choice defines our lives, but none of us can choose the better option on our own. I think the answer to the first question is both. Adam and Eve made a grab for power that impact us, but that is a decision that we all will end up making and we cannot make the right choice every time.
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