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Cats and Dogs Theology

A dog's thinking
You feed me, you love me and you shelter me. You must be God.

A cat's thinking
You feed me, you love me and you shelter me. I must be God.

Are you a cat or a dog - Christian?

A cat- Christian puts the focus on himself/herself rather than God's glory even in doing devotion, serving etc. He/she chooses what he/she would like to believe. Most of the time, they are not incorrect beliefs but just incomplete. 

A dog-Christian puts God's glory first and the kingdom mindset over the wants and needs of self. 

I admit, I am pretty cat-ish. The me, myself and I mentality is quite strong. =p

A test for you to know if you are cat-ish or dog-ish. Please complete this verse - 
Psalms 46:10 Be still and know  _____________________

I am sure you could fill in the blank correctly but is it complete? If your answer was "Be still and know that I am God". YAY! You are correct but just that the answer is incomplete. There is the bottom line of the verse. The whole verse should be "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." AHA- caught ya!


See my point? There is a top-line of God's blessings, which is totally good and not unbiblical but many times, we miss the point, the bottom-line which is at the end of the day, God brings blessings to us so that His glory could be revealed and all nations will come to know and glorify Him!

Another illustration for you. Does your church give benediction every Sunday? We know the "May His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord will lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace, from now and forever" and everybody says AMEN!!!! AHA! What about the second part which many of us might have missed out! "So they will put my name on the Israelites and I will bless them" v27 - The point is, God's name be exalted in Israel. But, again we missed the bottom-line and took up the top-line.

God intention is never just the top-line feel-good message and if we miss the bottom-line message, we may have an incomplete message and belief. It is not incorrect but just, incomplete. Incomplete understanding and impartation of God's will and plan for the mankind. 

So, cat-ish Christians, time to learn to be dog-ish. If you want to learn more, email or chat with me! I will gladly share what I have learnt. ;)

- Message was learnt from Rev. George Ong -

Comments

Xu Vin said…
dear beat, nice sharing :) however, can you explain more about 'so they will put my name on the Israelites and I will bless them'? i don't really get it.
September 24, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Anonymous said…
I like the cats theology. To be honest, I am cat-ish too.
October 28, 2016 at 10:29 AM
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