Sacred

We had CF the other day, Bible study on Daniel 5. Somehow I disagreed with how they managed to link the passage (a very stretched link) - where we extend our views and treatments of what is sacred to other religions. I disagreed because in doing so, aren’t we saying all religions are equal? I know there are people who push for this agenda, but fundamentally I don’t think Christianity should hold this view.

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Rather we don’t go around desecrating what others hold as sacred to them because we’re not out to incite hate among our neighbours. We know in our hearts what is true, hence we may not accord the same respect and reverence they may have towards their religious objects. However out of respect for them as people, we accord the same love God extends to us…

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Anyway it got me thinking about what modern Christianity defines as sacred. We don’t accord the same respect to our physical bibles the way the Muslims view their Koran. We don’t go around praying to crosses and statues either. In the sense what is sacred is no longer about what is physical, what is spiritually important to us. I broke it down into a few things:

The Word of God, and The Gospel of Christ, which is not found merely in books and paper, but in the hearts of all believers. Far too often we don’t take this seriously enough, where we accept false teachings and distorted views of what Christianity is about.

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Holy Communion, Marriage & Baptism. Most of us have no problem agreeing that baptism and holy communion should be taken seriously. On the other hand, far too often, we don’t pay much attention to how we should marry. Treating marriage as sacred means we have to be very intentional and careful about choosing our partners, because our choices can have an impact on our spiritual lives and our walk as Christians.

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Spiritual Gifts, lest we be like the fool in the parable of the talents, who buried his talents away and was ultimately judged by God