We received a letter the other day asking a really good question about Jesus and the way he looked at life. From time to time I talk about the “assumptions” we hold about life, and God, and wonder if ours are the same assumptions Jesus was operating by. Sadly, the word created problems.
In her letter, a woman told us that, “This statement (‘Jesus' assumptions’) totally tripped up a Christian woman who was going to do the Walking with God study with me. She said that because Jesus is God he wouldn't hold any assumptions. I don't know how to respond to her.”
Here is my response:
Well, with regard to her predicament, it really is probably solved by word choices. Your friend doesn’t like "assumptions...