Email Confusion

Imagine seeing this little scene as you sign into your email account. First, there's probably going to be the natural (and understandable) initial reaction: "Oh, what the crazy? Did I just get an email from Jesus??" This thought quickly fades as you realize this is probably not the case. Jesus has never emailed you before, why would He start now? Then the thought process quickly goes on to say: "What kind of weirdo creates an email address pretending to be Jesus? And why would I know this sort of person?"

Eventually (if you're as sharp as certain persons who may or may not be the author of this blog), you'll come to the slow realization that, though you do not have (or even know of) Jesus Christ's email address, you do in fact have a friend named Christopher. And while this friend of yours is quite a good and godly chap, he's not nearly as cool as Jesus, which leaves the slightest tinge of disappointment at the fact that Jesus doesn't generally do email. But this feeling is tempered by the knowledge that, if Jesus were to actually email you directly, it'd probably turn out to be a Revelation 1-3 sort of affair, which would likely mean that you're in some deep trouble -- not to mention the fact that it would almost definitely scare the living wits out of you.

So, what can we learn from this little exercise? Read carefully. And if you're trying to get to know Jesus, read the Bible carefully. Don't expect Him to just email you about it. F'seriously.