An opportunity presented itself thsi week as I got into a discussion with a professed atheist about different religions. It seems as though more than just religious people equate the gospel with rules as the atheist continued to compare christianity with having the same god and generally the same rules as other religions. So i began to unpack some of the gospel for him in hopes to give him a different perspective than what he had formed for himself. We spoke about the freedom in the gospel from law and how Jesus and the gospel was the real difference in Christianity. We spoke about God's amazing grace and provision and how we don't have to live guilty, burdened lives measured by rules. It always came back to rules though and even as I tried to steer it away from that and show the beauty of a gospel the frees you rather that burdens you, I'm not sure the point came across.
So it got me thinking about just how big the gospel is. How in this one conversation we only talked about a portion of the gospel. We could have talked about the redemptive work of the gospel or the transforming power of it or event the saving power of it. Maybe a faith that is not defined by rules is what he needed to hear at that point. This was really the first time that I was really intentional with my faith...it wasn't nearly as scary as i thought it would be. God is good, maybe he'll provide another opportunity with the same person adn I can unpack the gospel a little better.
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