"Do you believe in God?" This is the very first statement/question in the Global Methodist Catechism. Most of you will, probably as a reaction ingrained in your being from an early age, say, "Of course I believe in God! What a silly and simplistic question!" I agree the question is simple ... I would take exception to the simplistic nature of the question.
Last week we conversed about salvation, and about the only source of our salvation, Jesus Christ. But if you answered the above question, "Of course," tell me a little about the God in whom you believe. Does your God have the power and grace to forgive your sins, or are you living inside your guilt? Has your God sent your sins "as far as the east is from the west" or has God left you to be weighed down by your past? Has your God overcome the world, or does the world direct and modify your definition of God? Is your God the "truth, the way and the life" or is your god part of the truth, one of many ways and just a little part of your life? Does your God define, direct, modify, grow, inform, inspire and empower your life, or does your life define, direct, modify, grow, inform, inspire and empower your god?
Now ... do you believe in God? It is a good question, isn't it?
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