Turning Points: Jacob Awakes at Bethel
“Jacob’s turning point is for you and I. Your relationship with your God cannot be through people or place. Your discipleship doesn’t have its ultimate foundations in Christadelphia. Nor being a member of your ecclesia. Nor in attendance at church activities. Nor even in being engaged in church talk about church things.”
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Brother,
We have enjoyed your series on Turning Points on the Press On Journal blog. You state in your article on Jacob that “Your relationship with your God cannot be through people or place.” All the Biblical examples of faithful people in the Old Testament show this one-on-one relationship with our God. Even living under the law and with a priesthood, the faithful ones had this direct connection to God. The point of discussion or question comes in the New Testament. Jesus states very clearly that no one can come to the Father except through the Son. What does that mean in correlation to the direct connection to God? Do we no longer have a direct connection to God as did the faithful of old? How do we understand our relationship with God now? Does a direct connection to Jesus our Lord replace the direct connection with God? He is our Lord. He is head of the church. He is the shepherd and the vine. And yet the example of prayers in the letters seem to be to God such as Ephesians 1:16-23. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks.
