This all leads to what it means to surrender to God sincerely. While Chan later agrees that we are saved by faith alone, he points out that our works are essential. It was only the good soil that bears fruit and yields. The example given was the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:3-9, 19-23 Luke 8:5-15) and how the different types of soil did not yield the same result. Chan also appears to challenge what it truly means to be saved, expressing that in the Gospel’s, Jesus seems to be “all or nothing”. How differently would my life look if I lived every day as if it could be my last? Deep question, right? Chan expressed that by focusing on eternity and our mortality, it would cause us to live a different type of life for Christ. I want to see what the Bible says about having a relationship with God. I also added the word “relationship” to my future study list. I take advantage of them being there and don’t take time to pause and be thankful for what they bring into my life. Then it made me also realize that I could think of the people in my life as common. I asked myself if I take the time to be in awe of God and all that He is, all that He does and all that He has done for me. It’s simple to forget how awestruck we should be when we take a moment to pause and think of Him as the Creator. My thoughts:Ĭrazy Love required me to do a lot of meditating and reflecting on if I made God common. Chan walks us through some changes that he made for the church he used to lead as well as his definition of what fearing God sincerely looks like and how our lives should reflect that awe. His opinion is that the American church has fallen away from the New Testament Church. I made sure that I had my Bible with me to be sure that the ideals and scriptures Francis Chan was sharing matched closely to Biblical Truth since that is his stance: Using the Bible. This book asks you to look at your opinion of God and if your life shows the fruit of that opinion. This version was a revised and updated edition even though Francis Chan said that he kept everything the same and just added a chapter to give an update on him. I was able to download The Francis Chan Collection (includes Forgotten God, Erasing Hell and Multiply also) using Hoopla as an eBook. I added this book to my To Be Read list after reading Letters to the Church, also by Francis Chan. Title: Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
0 kommentar(er)
