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Bears lose, packers win… God is still on the throne… and no Aaron Rodgers you are not God. Thats all I got. 

Lie #2 God is huge and unapproachable,

2000 years ago, they wouldn't even dare say the word 

'God.'  

They took out the vowels so that they only had YHWH… we now pronounce it yahweh - but the point was that the religious thought God was distant, remote, secretive, Ominous and out of touch.

In todays world we might simply come to the honest conclusion that its not that he is unapproachable, but rather we are not good enough or we are to sinful for him to really give us any attention. He only really listens to the Super Holy, the saints if you will. 

So it is extremely interesting when the disciples… the least likely, least holy and less than perfect specimens of Christ followers ask him how to pray. And what does he do? he blows their minds.

Lets pretend for a second that you ask none other than Mother Theresa or Billy Graham how to pray. Its just you and them. Billy Graham smiles and says when you pray… pray like this.

Dear Mother F#ck*r

you would lose your mind. You would not only be shocked you would question Billy and how much communion wine he had. But that was the shock the disciples had when Jesus basically said “you know God the father, the one who is so Holy you can’t even say his name?… Pray like this Dear Daddy.

It had to have blown their minds.

And with that the religious still condemn Jesus for hanging out with the worst of the worst… and what does he do? He tells the story of the prodigals son. Basically a son wants his Dad dead so he can have his inheritance. And then he wants back into the family… yes as a slave but still he has the gaul to come back. And even more insane… the Dad willingly, even enthusiastically wants his relationship back with him. 

So does God really want to seem unapproachable? How about when he was in the temple in Luke 4

Luke tells the story in like this:

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling 

it, he found the place where it is written: 

 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, 

   because he has anointed me 

   to preach good news to the poor. 

   He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners 

   and recovery of sight for the blind, 

   to release the oppressed, 

   to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

If Jesus ever had an opportunity to impress the religious it was at this moment… but yet he chooses to read from Isaiah. 

He reads the exact scriptures that stand against the testimony of the Pharisees… yes the religious. 

The Pharisees manipulated the poor, despised criminals, had disdain for the sick, and outwardly shunned the oppressed. To the Pharisees these were the people that did not have a chance to ever connect with God.

Jesus drops a bomb! 

Look, Jesus is waiting to hang with you, talk to you, be with you, live inside you if you don’t know him. you do not have to perform for him. Not only is God approachable he is your Daddy.