Unlearning a couple things...

So I'm going to start off by saying that this post might make some people mad and that's fine but before you get upset and comment on my blog I just ask that you would pray and ask God to reveal why your upset.
Ok, awesome. Now I can move on. So last night I went to listen to a missionary speak in Greenville and his talk blew me away! He was speaking on my generation and how God has given us the desire and ability to start a World wide revolution for the Lord. I absolutely love this man's heart and his humility! As he was talking about the gospel and how it's the cure for everything he talked about how many of us had probably been told that when Jesus was on the cross God turned his face away from him. Since most of us agreed, there were a lot of people taken back when he said that wasn't true. Immediately, you could see all the 'bible scholars' flip to the gospels to prove him wrong, and obviously they were looking for the verse when Jesus cried out "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me". After a moment the speaker turned to Psalm 22 and read verses one through twenty-four.
I'm sure most people reading this blog will know this but Psalm 22 is about Jesus being crucified on the cross. It actually starts off with "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", this had some people confused but listening intently. When he got to verse 24 you could feel the tension in the room loosen up a bit...Psalm 22:24 says (emphasis mine):
"For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help."
God did have to break his perfect relationship with Jesus because God can't be where sin is but God never turned his face away, he saw Jesus, heard his cry and since God is love, I'm guessing it broke his heart to see his son in agony. Yes, God hates sin but God loves us! He wouldn't have sent Jesus to die for us if he didn't! God does hate but He IS love and even though it's difficult for us to make that distinction, it's not difficult for Him.
I wrote all of that to say this: Read your Bible! Don't just believe what someone says because they are older; read, study, meditate, pray and discuss the Word with other believers who will challenge you to think! This hit me real hard when I remembered leading a worship song, so many times, that had the words "the Father turned His face away" and I lost my breath for a second. I had been leading people in singing a lie about God, I'm not ok with that. I repented and because God loves me a whole stinking lot he poured out grace on me.
I wanted to write this post to challenge you to know what you sing before you sing it and understand what's truth before you repeat something someone says.

READ YOUR BIBLE, God wants to teach you a lot of really awesome things about himself!