Well, theres another one. The dogmatic. The dogmatic person just yells out, Im right! I know the deal! I know everything! Dont cloud my mind with the facts. Once Ive made my mind up, thats it!
I think about a friend of mine in Houston that Ive known for a long, long time. He has this huge ranch outside of San Antonio. On this ranch, believe it or not, he has a rhino a big ole male rhino. And we used to take Jeeps out there to check this rhino out. It was kind of a weird feeling because the rhino was bigger than the Jeep. He would look at the Jeep and just stare at you. And youre thinking, If this thing wanted to crush the Jeep, he could.
Well, my friend told me one day that he had decided to buy a companion for this male rhino. So he bought a big female rhino. And he told me his male rhino had not seen a female since he had left his mom, so he didnt know what to expect. So a big 18-wheeler pulled into the pasture, stopped, and the ramp was put down. Then the female rhino just walked down the ramp. My friend told me when the male saw the female he became so frightened that he turned, ran through ten fences and knocked over a windmill to try to get away from her.
Well, the dogmatic person is kind of like the rhino. He or she just enters the maze and knocks down ten fences and a windmill and doesnt even really realize it or understand it. Theyre just dogmatic.
Fellowship Church Grapevine asked who is dogmatic in the Bible? How about the Apostle Paul before he became a Christ follower? Remember Paul? Man, before this guy knew Jesus his name was Saul and he was killing Christians. He was an accomplice to a murder. He thought his way was the only way, and he abused all these folks. And then one day, he met Jesus face to face and he was tenderized by the work of the Holy Spirit. God totally changed his life.
