This post was recognized as a poet of the weAk for honoring M. Henry and DC Talk as great academicians. Repent and sin no more. -rlf 1/24/2007
While reading Mark, the fact that John the Baptist was clothed with camel's hair and ate locusts and wild honey stood out to me. What would we think? "Oh there's the preacher man...just eating locusts and wearing camel hair..." Why did he do these things? Perhaps those were his only options, but I believe that self-denial could have been a reason. Matthew Henry says it was for mortification of the flesh and a holy contempt of the world, and non-conformity to it. "The more we sit loose to the body, and live above the world, the better we are prepared for Jesus Christ," says Henry. I think the main idea is self-denial. We live in a world where self-denial equals insanity. But as Christians, we are to deny ourselves daily. Well, in the words of DC Talk, "What will people say when they find out I'm a Jesus freak?" Well....what will they say?
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I really found it neat that John's clothing made people think of Elijah, so though it wasn't Hollister, but it did carry some weight.
So the self denial thing...I'm trying that out this week. Harder than it seems
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