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What Does It Mean To Apply REAL ANSWERS Directly From The Bible To YOUR Life? There
is an old story about a fellow who lived alone and went to a pet store
to buy a parrot. He thought the bird might fill some of his lonely hours.
The very next day, however, he came back to complain, "That |
bird doesn't talk." The store owner asked if he had a mirror in its
cage, and the man said he didn't. "Oh, parrots love mirrors,"
he explained. "When he sees his reflection in the mirror, he'll just
start talking away." So he sold him a birdcage mirror. The bird owner
was back the next day to gripe that his parrot still hadn't said a word.
"That's very peculiar," allowed the pet expert. "How about
a swing? Birds really love these little swings, and a happy parrot is
a talkative parrot." So the man bought a swing, took it home, and
installed it in the cage. But he was back the next day with the same story.
"Does he have a ladder to climb?" the salesman asked. "That
just has to be the problem. Once 
he has a ladder, he'll probably talk your ear off!" So the fellow
bought a ladder. The man was back at the pet store when it opened the
next day. From the look on his face, the owner knew something was wrong.
"Didn't your parrot like the ladder?" he asked. His repeat customer
looked up and said, "The parrot died." "I'm so sorry,"
the stunned businessman said. "Did he ever say anything?" "Well,
yes. He finally talked just before he died. In a weak little voice, he
asked me, ‘Don't they sell any bird seed at that pet store?'"
answer for everything by completing a search on the internet or by spending
some time browsing the aisles of Costco. But the truth of the matter is
that life’s answers don’t always come that easy. We are living
in a time when some people are declaring that almost every answer to every
question of life is a good one. Every answer that is, except the one answer
that claims to be the only answer. That is the claim that Jesus Christ
made when he said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one
comes to the Father, except through me.” (John 14:6)
all of the answers, or even any of the answers…except that one: Jesus
is the answer. How does that play out within our church experience? At
the Spokane Church we constantly seek to learn more about Jesus through
studying the Bible. We trust that Jesus is trying to work in our lives
through the encouragement and challenges we receive from each other. We
believe that Jesus promise is being kept when we receive the Holy Spirit
who, “… will teach (us) all things and will remind (us) of everything…”
everything that Jesus has tried to teach us.