The 40 Days of Purpose Thing
Ok, Rick Warren asks us to set aside 40 days to discover our purpose, which in itself might not be a bad idea. But then he makes this incredible statement: "Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days." How on earth can he justify that? There are so many great and faithful men and women in the Bible, can he really claim that God took 40 days with each of them? And the bigger problem is that even the examples he cites, are blatantly incorrect!
He actually has the gall to cite Jesus as an example of the 40 days theory!! I think you'll agree that Jesus was already very aware of his purpose long before he went into the dessert to be tempted by Satan. The exact quote is "Jesus was empowered by 40 days in the wilderness." P10. Jesus didn't need 40 days to be empowered! Jesus is GOD!! He is and was all powerful.
Jesus as man was actually weakened in the dessert. And he went into the dessert to be mercilessly tempted by Satan, He didn't go to be "empowered"!!
I want to talk about one more example that Warren cites, and that is Noah. Look at Genesis 6:9 "Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God." Noah walked with God a long time before the 40 days of rain came in Genesis 7. Noah lived his purpose for God when he built the ark, long before the 40 days of rain. Noah didn't find his purpose during the 40 days of rain, he had it a long time before that!
Moses knew his purpose before he went onto Mount Sinai for 40 days with God. David was living with and for God before Goliath's 40 days of taunting Israel. And so on ...
Rick Warren, what were you thinking? As far as I'm concerned, Rick Warren is discredited even before chapter 1 of the book starts. There is no doubt that a 40 day period plays a big role in the Bible, but not in the way that Rick Warren states.
Well, that's it for today.
He actually has the gall to cite Jesus as an example of the 40 days theory!! I think you'll agree that Jesus was already very aware of his purpose long before he went into the dessert to be tempted by Satan. The exact quote is "Jesus was empowered by 40 days in the wilderness." P10. Jesus didn't need 40 days to be empowered! Jesus is GOD!! He is and was all powerful.
Jesus as man was actually weakened in the dessert. And he went into the dessert to be mercilessly tempted by Satan, He didn't go to be "empowered"!!
I want to talk about one more example that Warren cites, and that is Noah. Look at Genesis 6:9 "Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God." Noah walked with God a long time before the 40 days of rain came in Genesis 7. Noah lived his purpose for God when he built the ark, long before the 40 days of rain. Noah didn't find his purpose during the 40 days of rain, he had it a long time before that!
Moses knew his purpose before he went onto Mount Sinai for 40 days with God. David was living with and for God before Goliath's 40 days of taunting Israel. And so on ...
Rick Warren, what were you thinking? As far as I'm concerned, Rick Warren is discredited even before chapter 1 of the book starts. There is no doubt that a 40 day period plays a big role in the Bible, but not in the way that Rick Warren states.
Well, that's it for today.
posted by Evert DuToit at 12:46 AM
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