http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/03/21/matthew-2223-33/ reading the bible as a community Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/03/21/matthew-2223-33/#comment-321 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:37:15 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/03/21/matthew-2223-33/#comment-321 Yep, one of the harder things to understand about God is that to Him - it is always now. I have problems cos it makes me think "what's the point in praying when God knows what's going to happen anyway?" Yep, one of the harder things to understand about God is that to Him - it is always now. I have problems cos it makes me think “what’s the point in praying when God knows what’s going to happen anyway?”

]]> http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/03/21/matthew-2223-33/#comment-319 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:25:55 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/03/21/matthew-2223-33/#comment-319 Having just got this I am responding to my immediate reaction - shock! The way Jesus is speaking here is so clear, but what is surprising is that it is in the present tense. It draws attention to the sense that we are all living in the continuous present - each moment follows each moment. So when Jesus says that God is - I AM - it is not about the future or the past it is about now. Quite mind blowing really! Having just got this I am responding to my immediate reaction - shock! The way Jesus is speaking here is so clear, but what is surprising is that it is in the present tense. It draws attention to the sense that we are all living in the continuous present - each moment follows each moment. So when Jesus says that God is - I AM - it is not about the future or the past it is about now. Quite mind blowing really!

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