Comments on: That Tree Will Kill You!

By: Rafael M. Hernandez

Rafael M. Hernandez — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:27:27 +0000

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Psalms 119:18

By: Tobey

Tobey — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:14:25 +0000

you rock!–(not Tobey-it’s his wife) thank you I needed this. You filled in the blanks that I was looking for today

By: Richard Symonds

Richard Symonds — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:03:42 +0000

I just heard you, Bob, at Grace Church north of Orlando on this topic, or more broadly, “What Problem Did Jesus Come To Solve.” So good, so clear, so eye-opening. Wonderful! And I appreciated your visit some weeks ago and the entire series. Some thoughts I would have given you afterwards today, if there had been time:
Jesus probably did not invite Zacchaeus to join him for a cheeseburger – a little problem with meat and milk.
God uses WORD – not Microsoft, but Open Source.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved … saved by Grace, saved by sound!
Proverbs tells us the first step to wisdom is to listen – not to do or act or be. Also, lean not unto our own understanding.

Thanks for putting together the pieces that we, in our great intellect, manage to miss or scramble.

By: Ems

Ems — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:00:16 +0000

Wow. Another revelatory post. I was especially struck by the branch leading to pride… How often do we congratulate ourselves for having a helpful thought, action or connection with another, little realising that God authors and allows all such ‘successes’?
I guess when the blind man saw ‘men walking as trees’ in the gospel account, he may have seen us as really are?!
Thanks for another provocative and thought-fuelled signpost back to scripture.

By: Michelle Bentham

Michelle Bentham — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:13:32 +0000

I, um… I have been working on a sketch of the tree… um not in stick figure. It’s totally cool… I’ve decided to jump outta’ that tree.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:53:26 +0000

Anthony, that is so true. Whereas I have grown spiritually in exponential leaps and bounds over the last year…there are many areas of the flesh that can be a challenge to change. Surrender, obedience, and faith can be easier said than done at times. Thank you for sharing and being honest and transparent.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:47:25 +0000

Love it! I was in the class a couple weeks ago. However, this is supplemental greatness! Thank you Lord!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:52:29 +0000

Bob! So glad you’re back to writing! Your entries have been sorely missed, and this one is a gem. Thank you!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:34:41 +0000

Thanks again Bob! I’ve been trying to share this with many now I can just send them to your blog

By: Anthony Coppedge

Anthony Coppedge — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:43:34 +0000

The revelation of how we have lived from the tree of Knowledge has been life-changing.

Yes, I know that’s a huge, over-the-top statement. But it’s true.

The thought is life-changing, but the changing of my thought-life is hard. Truly, after receiving this revelation, my head ‘gets it’, but my heart is so rooted to logic, reason and capacity (all ‘me’) that it’s been quite literally a minute-by-minute choice to not turn back to the root system of man. It’s funny, in a say kind of way; the things I want to do I don’t do and the things I don’t want to do, I keep doing. I think Paul had something to say about that.

Perhaps it’s just my own set of excuses, but it seems to me that the more one has leaned on intellectualism, the harder it is to make the simple decisions and turn off the noise from the stream of consciousness in one’s head.

Nevertheless, I am thankful for this revelation and pray others are as impacted by this chance-of-a-lifetime to re-root into God’s tree of life.