FANTASIZING THE WORD OF GOD

fan·ta·sy/ˈfantəsē/

Noun:

The faculty or activity of imagining things that are impossible or improbable.

Hmmmm... Have you ever thought of how we Christians approach the lost sheep to encourage them to come to GOD through CHRIST? It seems that most of the time we fantasize the Bible. We talk to them as if it was legend or folklore. Although we are usually excited to spread the good news of CHRIST, somehow we tend to let the story line outweigh the facts. I used to read J.R.R. Tolkien, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber and many other writers of the fantasy realm. I noticed that even then I was excited to share the stories or titles of the books these writers introduced. As modern day writers such as J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame introduced us to a whole new worlds, I believe it is time we introduce readers to a real world adventure. The Bible is a saga in itself. Hollywood very rarely does a movie about scripture and when they do, they miss the point. They turn it in to a fantasy. The Epic "TEN COMMANDMENTS" with Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner was an awesome movie when I was a kid but after reading the story in scripture, they missed the mark by far. Fantasy!!! Folks, this really happened! I truly believe that if the powers that be in Hollywood would try as hard as they did on Rocky part 1-12 or Indiana Jones part 17, they might produce a truly factual movie about THE WORD. We, as Christians, need to help the cause by spreading THE WORD in fact filled, scripture bound stories. Let's get rid of the Fantastic Bible and spread THE BIBLE to the many lost sheep by stopping ourselves from telling these stories in a fantastic way. Moses did more than part The Red Sea or talk to a Burning Bush. Sadly, most of the sheep we are after for THE LORD OF HOST know him as just that. CHRIST JESUS did more than hang on a cross or be born "Away in a Manger" Not to discount his Crucifixion by any means. Here is the fantasy...God created Adam and Eve. Eve ate an apple and gave some to Adam and GOD got mad at them and made them wear clothes then Noah built an ark because a big flood was coming because everybody was mean and GOD destroyed the earth, Noah took 2 ducks and 2 piggies and 2 pelicans and 2 alligators and 2 cows etc...on to the ark. Next JESUS was born in a manger and people brought him presents. Then JESUS was crucified because the Jews didn't like him. What do you think? Not bad huh? The WORD OF GOD in less than 15 seconds. Brethren, Let's get it together and announce to the lost sheep... THE WORD. Shalom & Amen