Confronted by Rudy

I watched Rev. Rudy Rasmus’ sermon on Church of the Resurrection’s website today. He confronted my faith prior to beginning his talk when he pointed out that I was being judgemental. I let myself judge Rudy by his goatee. Fortunately for myself, I realized that I was wrong and willingly listened to his message.

During his message, Rudy claimed that millions are reporting that Jesus (and Paul and Peter) are walking amongst us. These reporters are claiming that by “worshiping” media stars, they have become our gods. I’m not sure that I “worship” a person, but I may be worshiping the Internet.

Speaking about Jesus’ miraculous healing of the man near the Bethzatha pool (John 5:1-15), Rudy associated the pool of water with truth — the Living Word. Rudy said that by letting the “crutches” of our lives keep us from getting into the Word, we couldn’t be healed. His message hit a nerve with me since I haven’t been very diligent in my Bible study lately.

Rudy pointed out that I can experience well-being right where I am, IF i recognize the power of God in Jesus. His challenge was to let go of our crutches and get up and move and to help others do the same. So, what is my crutch? Am Iwilling to let it go?