Queen's Road Cell

 We looked at John 4 for lessons on our witnessing: 4  And he had to pass through Samaria. 5  So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6  Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. [ a ] 7  A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8  (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9  The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10  Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11  The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12  Are you greater than our father Jacob?

We asked whether it is acceptable for Christians to enjoy works of non-Christian fiction or art - whether movies or books or paintings or performances. ("Justice League" and "Thor: Ragnarok" were in view earlier at dinnertime).  We noted how part of what it means to be made in the image of God is that man is able to create. This creativity is flawed and sinful because of the fall, but it does not mean that we do not imperfectly show something of God's beauty, goodness and truth in their creations. So God reveals Himself not only in the general revelation of nature, but also in the creativity of those made in His image. It is worth remembering that fallen man has taken the glories of creation the wrong way to worship the sun and moon and stars, so we ought not to be surprised that general revelation through unredeemed human work can also lead others astray. Daniel mentioned the helpful point that many of the things we do with our leisure hours are not moral or