I've been on break from classes for a week now. After the time that Jenny has gone to bed, I've been playing Tetris while I listen to sermons on my computer. I've listened to roughly 30 sermons so far this week.
One of the series I have been listening to is a church that is having many guest speakers (from within their congregation) speak about passages from the Bible that have greatly impacted their lives. The church's hope is that it will cause the rest of the congregation to allow the Bible to become more than just a book, and realize the significance that its truths can have in their lives.
I began thinking last night, if I had to preach a message on the verses that have meant the most to my life, what would they be? It doesn't take long for me to pick the verse.
"But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved." (Hebrews 10:39)
Easily the verse that has meant the most in my life. Unfortunately, I don't know what message I would preach on this verse. It so quickly became a theme verse in my life because of other things and times that it signified, that I don't think I've ever actually studied the context of the verse, nor its original meaning to its original audience.
I haven't ever done the good hermeneutical or exegetical work on this verse, yet it remains the most influential in my life. I don't necessarily feel good about this. Someday, it will have to change. That change will either force me to understand this verse better, or force me to pick a new theme verse. Only time will tell.
P.S. Even though I blogged about it, I'm not a big fan of people having "theme" or "life" verses.
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