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Hello everyone! Philbot here.
Do you know much about Paul Bunyan? I didn't - not until today, when Matt Werner told us all about this myth-man during outdoor sports. Turns out he was such a big man, that when he was born he weighed 100 pounds! His poor parents even had to move because he was SO big and such a nuisance. Anyway, Paul Bunyan came to Camp Phillip one time and set up some basketball hoops to play with. He even left his huge basketball behind. So what were we to do with this at Camp? We play with them, of course! To this day, Paul Ball remains a classic Camp Phillip game, one that everyone enjoyed learning yesterday during outdoor sports. Matt made sure to tell us all the story of Paul Bunyan before we got out there and started playing - it's a pretty intense game!
Our passage for today comes from I John 2:3. Someone told me once that if you are a new Christian, you should read I John through three times and then move on to reading the rest of the Bible. This is because I John ardently and eloquently expresses how much God loves uswhich is something we need to know all the time, no matter how mature in our faith we are:
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We know that we have come to know Him if we obey his commands. The man who says, “I know Him,” but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Obeying what God says is a difficult thing for us as humans. It wasn't supposed to be; it wasn't God's original design for us. He created us perfectly, and man's heart and will were initially completely in unity with God's heart and will. When man fell into sin, suddenly he wanted things that were, at times, completely contrary to God's heart and will. This is why Jesus' sacrifice for us is so amazing. SO INCREDIBLE! Jesus loved us enough to come and die for us, to intercede on our behalf and be our subsitute. We know Him, and faith in His saving work spurs us to live lives of thankful living. What an amazing Savior we have!
Tomorrow, I will be gone - so look forward to a blog post from a very special guest writer!!
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