It Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
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“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
Just about the time I think I am getting “tech savvy,” I get some new electronic device to figure out. It is incredible what these things can do, but the challenge is in getting them to do it.
Toyota recently announced that two new positions are being created in every dealership across the land to assist new car buyers in figuring out how to use the electronics in their new cars. I think they are called Electronic Usability Specialists or something like that.
New gadgets are designed to make life easier, but somehow they tend to make it more complicated. I have a hard time just remembering all of my passwords, much less how to use them.
One thing that hasn’t changed over the years is the simplicity of the Gospel. It is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and will be for evermore. It isn’t complicated and doesn’t have to be.
Here’s how one of the greatest theologians of all time, Charles Haddon Spurgeon expressed it:
“God be thanked for the simplicity of the gospel. The longer I live, the more I bless God that we have not received a classical gospel, nor a mathematical gospel, nor a metaphysical gospel; it is not a gospel confined to scholars and men of genius, but a poor man s gospel, a ploughman’s gospel; for that is the kind of gospel which we can live upon and die upon. It is to us not the luxury of refinement, but the staple food of life. We want no fine words when the heart is heavy, neither do we need deep problems when we are lying upon the verge of eternity, weak in body and tempted in mind. At such times we magnify the blessed simplicity of the gospel. Jesus in the flesh made manifest becomes our soul’s bread. Jesus bleeding on the cross, a substitute for sinners, is our soul’s drink. This is the gospel for babes, and strong men want no more.”
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1John 1:9). It doesn’t get much more simple than that and doesn’t have to be.
Questions: Have you confessed your sins lately to God? What can you bring to Him today? He will cleanse you from all unrighteousness.
Some new gadgets are not necessary to get. The theologian is correct we need to keep things simple in our lives and the same just like his word. I don’t need every new thing that comes out. Some people buy these things thinking that it would make their life easier. I don’t have a television, I read. I don’t have a multi-tasking cell phone with all the apps, if there were working or more pay phones I probably wouldn’t have this flip phone. I try to keep it simple as much as possible, less stuff means less bills. More money to save, to travel and see places I”ve never seen. Just saying
You are so right Kahu! There are many new gadgets that come and go and never become a necessity. I used to tell my children that when they said they ‘needed’ something it was actually spelled…’want’….not ‘need’. Good point! We do need to stop and evaluate what it is we think we need.