You probably never knew that it was biblical to kill an old man in order to get an inheritance. It is.
I discovered this the other evening while teasing a friend over IM. He wrote, "DIE, OLD MAN! DIE! WRITHE IN PAINFUL AGONY!!! FEEL MY DAGGER THRUSTING TO YOUR VERY HEART!!!"
Well, that was unexpected. I associated his comment with murder mysteries, in which one is always knocking off old men to get inheritances and then being arrested for it, and this friend just generally doesn't do that.
Friend: "Doesn't Paul say something about putting to death the old nature, our 'old man'? Well then."
Why yes, so Paul did. So the mystery references in my subconscious were irrelevant. Only--
Me: "OOH, COOL THOUGHT! It was to get an inheritance: the riches of eternal life!"
And there you have it: sanctification as a divine murder mystery.
That is so cool! We are living in the mystery of salvation everyday. And though we will not completely solve it in this life, we can still feel the thrills of uncovering clues along the way.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog by the way :-D
-Mr. H