I’m going to unabashedly use my Catch this morning to urge you to hear the most important biblical message most Christians don’t know about. If you’ve read the Catch for a while, you’ve heard pieces of it, but until you’ve heard it all in context, from start to finish, you haven’t really heard it. I’m talking about the new way to be a Christian which we used to call The New Covenant, but the New Covenant sounds so boringly theological, and I can’t have something so exciting and freeing sound so boring. It just isn’t. So we’re calling it “Our New Relationship with God” which I am currently teaching in a 12-part series before a live audience and a video of each talk is being made available week-by-week on our website. (For those of you who are computer challenged, don’t worry; there will be a step-by-step guide at the end of this Catch as to how you can find and enjoy this series.)

Why am I taking up a Catch to tell you about this? Because it’s that important. It’s so important that I will stick my neck out and say that to tie into this series will change your life. I know because it’s based on what the Spirit of God does in your life and there is no way you can turn the Spirit of God loose in your life and not be changed.

It also doesn’t matter that you already think you know 2 Corinthians 2:14 – 6:13 because no one ever really “knows” a passage of scripture. This is impossible, because the scriptures are so deep and our minds are so shallow and our experience so limited that you can never get to the bottom of truth. If you ever think you’ve gotten a passage of scripture “down” then think again or join the local Pharisee chapter.

It doesn’t matter that you participated in our teleconference Bible study on the passage and went through the workbook. It doesn’t matter that you’ve taught this yourself. I’ve taught it now surely into the hundreds of times and I have gotten two new insights already into the fourth week.

I can say all this with confidence because what I’m saying is not based on me and my clever argument or my new “take” on the scripture, it’s based on the real work of the Holy Spirit which always accompanies any new dig into the word of God.

Here’s an example. My last message was on adequacy in chapter 3 where Paul says that we are not adequate for this ministry, but we are. It’s one of those paradoxes the scriptures are famous for. Now I’ve normally come to this teaching assuming almost everyone feels inadequate for life. But this time someone in the class mentioned that they surmise in this particular group most people are competent at what they do, so their tendency might be to think they are adequate in themselves for life, and thus miss what they could be experiencing if they were willing to go beyond their own adequacy. Will we stay with what we know we can do or will we venture out into what we know we can’t do unless God shows up in our lives to give us the power and the presence to do it? Never saw that before in this passage.

See what I mean?

So … I promised step by step for the computer-challenged. Here we go:

1. In the column to the right, click on the picture of me in front of a microphone (just under the picture of me hugging my guitar). That will take you to a set up page for the videos.
2. The picture of me in my office in the middle of the page is a brief, 2-minute introduction to the series. Click on that if you haven’t seen it yet.
3. After viewing that, scroll down to where it says: “To begin viewing the series, click here” and click on the purple “here”.
4. You are now on what we call the “viewing page.” There are currently three videos there. In a day or two number four will be up. Eventually all twelve videos will be on this page and you can see them any time and in any order you want. Each video is roughly 45 minutes long. Because there are already three, you will have a little catching up to do. Take it how ever you can work into your schedule, but I urge you not to miss a single one.

There. No excuses now. And here’s something else I’d like you to do. As you watch each one send me your questions and your comments. To keep them private, simply reply to this email or send to [email protected]. For a public comment and to join into the dialogue, scroll down to “Leave a reply” at the bottom of the page and enter your comment in the box provided.