Beram Kumar spoke in our church on the “Cat & Dog Theology” series, a few weeks ago. He was there again today, on the second instalment. Some notes may be found here
While the principles were familiar, its lessons are especially relevant and challenging for me at this point. God doesnt exist for my needs. The irony is that this lesson has actually provided comfort to me, in that instead of expecting God to meet my needs (no matter how “benign” and “selfless” I may think these needs to be), I now have someone to articulate in my church (at long last), a principle to counter the expectation that God’s favour is a matter of course. There are lessons in pain and suffering, and that principle should have been clear as day. The prevailing thoughts in our church however, has been closer to the teachings of the prosperity gospel and I have struggled with that. God exists for His own sake. He made us and saved us for His glory, not ours.
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