I was at my Grandma’s church and the preacher was making a really good point, he was comparing God providing a sacrifice to take Isaac’s place (Gen 22) with God providing a sacrifice for our sins. He said just as there was a lamb stuck in the thicket, Jesus is the Lamb of God. The point sounds nice and makes a lot of sense. BUT IT’S NOT OKAY!
Here’s the problem: there was a RAM stuck in the thicket by its horns, not a LAMB. And NO ONE caught the mistake!
This has always been a very important issue to me-How many people actually question what the speaker is saying before accepting it as truth?
Yes, this could have been a simple mistake, but it also could have been avoided by re-reading a text before speaking on it. I’m not trying to blame of vilify the preacher in anyway at all. I am simply trying to bring up the point that when we sit in the pew and listen to a sermon, we need not forgo the ability to reason for our self. We can’t accept a speaker’s word over God’s Word. We should take the responsibility on ourselves, instead of on the speaker. Next time someone, anyone, is talking to you about anything spiritual, I urge you to be an ACTIVE listener instead of a complacent one. :)
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