Reading Essential Jesus Pt 3 - What is your greatest need?

What is your greatest need? What do you want more than anything else in the world? I reckon it depends on what your problem is. If you are sitting at home watching the footy it might be a pie and chips. If you were in the wilderness, it might be that you desperately want some water. Our greatest need always relates to our greatest problem.

If you watch Bear Grylls on Man vs Wild you would see a guy who is always quick to find what he needs. Whenever I watch I have noticed that he always finds water, food, fire and shelter wherever he can. Along the way he faces a lot of challenges and problems, whether it be a treacherous crossing or a fast flowing river but because he knows what the problems are, he knows how to deal with them.

But what is interesting about Bear Grylls is that he realises he has a greater problem. The same problem that the paralytic man below has. But as you read on below can you work out what is his greatest need?

Reading Essential Jesus Pt 1 - Confessions of a Failed Preacher

I don't know whether other preachers or speakers would say I should admit this but I will anyway. I have something to tell you...

I was thinking about the last two talks I did at Ignite. Every time I sit down and right a talk I try and think hard about what the passage is saying. I have always been taught, "read the passage in its context." This means see where the passage fits in the flow of the whole book and even the whole Bible. But last night as I sat down, I realised that there was something missing from my last two talks. Something in the context was really crucial!

Simul Iustus et Peccator - Lessons from the Reformation: Luther (Warning this is hardcore stuff that may need you to think deeply but it will change your life)

Martin Luther

Simul Iustus et Peccator!
No, I haven't lost my marbles. No I am not writing for people of another language. Yet this is one of the most important phrases for Christians to know if they are going to understand the Christian life (so important it is part of my exam prep at the moment). Well perhaps the English is a bit more important to know. But do you know what it means? You might have heard of the guy who said it first, Martin Luther.