much amused =)

i was reading 'the word on the street' cos it fell out from the cupboard where all my things are stuffed in... (a gift from my cg... uh... 5 years ago? lol) and man, it's amusing. it basically paraphrases verses from the bible that form coherent stories and puts them in street lingo.

check out proverbs 17:28
Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive. [NKJV]

and in street lingo:
If an idiot keeps his mouth shut, some might think he knows something. They might guess he's weighing it all up to spout something profound.

hehe. i like.

Romans 6:
8-10
So the Old Us is dead and the New Us gets to live with Jesus. And we know the Liberator came back to life so he can't die again. Death's no longer the big noise. Jesus died to sort out our mess, once, for all our accounts. But in this new life, he lives facing God and looking him straight in the eye - 'cos he can.

11-14
Likewise, count yourself as dead to the mess, and live your life facing towards God - full on, standing toe to toe. And don't let the mess call the shots, so you're just a puppet, pulled into all sorts of stuff that's part of the Old You - forced to dance to whatever's on the ghetto blaster. Cut the strings. Pull the power. Wake up. Get a life; then offer that new lease of life to God, so he can use it to make good things happen. The mess is not your boss, 'cos you're not answering to the Rules but to God's gifts, delivered with freedom included.

15-18
What then? Shall we create even more mess, just 'cos we don't have to answer to the Rules? No way! Haven't you been listening? If you say to some guy, "Yeah sure, whatever you say," you're like his yes-man, his slave aren't you? The choice is, slaves to the mess, product equals death. Or slaves to doing the right thing, product equals life. Thank God: though you were a slave to the mess, you went 110 percent for the teaching you were given. So you've been set free from the mess and you freely signed up to doing the right thing.

19-23
I'm keeping the visual aids simple 'cos you're still a bit slow on the uptake with some of this. you were one of the filth-slaves. So now sign up as one of the volunteer slaves to the pure. and all that - that you're now so ashamed of - what did you get out of it? Apart from death! But now you're free of all that, and you're volunteer slaves to God. You're well set up and I'm not just talking money. I'm talking purity and life with no limits - result! Your old paycheck had nothing but slow death crawling out of it. But God's gift is quality life that lasts and has no sell-by date, 'cos of Jesus our Boss.