Step Inside the Epic
What if your life isn’t meant to be ordinary?
What if you had a extraordinary purpose for your life?
Would you leave the ordinary behind?
Becoming God’s Epic is the CALL to “Be Epic!”
Doctrine is Vital is the first step of the HOW to “Be Epic!”
When you look around our society today, you see a definite lack of collective or individual vision.
This lack of vision is also seen in the church of the Lord Jesus. Now if any group of people has a shared vision, it is us! The greatest corporate vision of all is to bring people into a right relationship with God through Jesus Christ. If any group of people should be full of dreams and visions, then it is those who name the name of Christ. We are part of the ultimate saga! Each of us has a role, given to us by God, to play in it. Our lives are to be mini-epics placed within God’s epic. We need to understand and embrace this fact.
However, most Christians are no different from the rest of society, focused on their own goals. Practically speaking, there is no vision from God either corporately or individually. God still gives dreams and visions, but most Christians do not know that dreams and visions are even possible.
As a result of this lack of knowledge, these Christians are not reaching their potential for the Lord Jesus Christ. They are stuck in the mire of a dull and mediocre Christianity.
Is it just random chance that you were born in this time and place in human history? Is it just a convergence of circumstances that you were born with certain gifts and abilities? The answer is a resounding NO! They all happened so you could perform extraordinary things by living an epic life. Dare to fulfill your destiny and leave a legacy!
There is a paradox in the United States and Western society. You can get over 20 different versions of the Holy Bible in print, audio, digital downloads, computer programs and phone apps. We have more Bibles available today than at any other time in human history. Yet, Biblical literacy is at lows not seen since, perhaps, the start of the Reformation! A few examples of this ignorance are in order.
- Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and wife according to over half of graduating high school seniors.
- ‘God helps those who help themselves’ is in the Bible as per 80% of Americans.
- Less than 50% of adults can name all four gospels of the New Testament.
- Six out of ten Americans cannot name five of the Ten Commandments.
Given that our culture is, in large part, based on the principles and precepts found in the Bible, this is sad. However, the church today is only slightly better than society as a whole. This is tragic! The was a time when all denominations had a catechism. It was basic instruction in the Bible and Christian doctrine. The church needs to return to the basics of the Christian faith.
'You cannot become God's Epic without knowing God's Word!'