Smart watch - and more! Part 1
31/12/14 13:21
Apple creates demand that previously didn't exist.
First, Time magazine (22.9.14) says Apple “takes products we never wanted and convinces us we can't live without them. It does this better than any company in the world.”
What a parallel with our Christian message! We too seek to show humanity a need of something that mankind in general says it doesn't want - God's love and forgiveness.
Yet when we do find salvation through Christ we are convinced that we can't live without it.
Second, in early 2015 Apple wants to put new technology where it's never been particularly welcome before - on our bodies. It's their new and amazing Smart watch. Over and over their sales pitch for this product uses the words “personal” and “intimate”.
Time says “it's true in the most literal way possible . . . the Apple Watch wants to get intimate with us in a way we're not entirely used to and may not be prepared for. This isn't just a new product; this is technology attempting to colonise our bodies.”
Third, God too wants to do something we may not be prepared for - take up intimate residence with us by his personal indwelling presence. John 14.17,20,23.
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First, Time magazine (22.9.14) says Apple “takes products we never wanted and convinces us we can't live without them. It does this better than any company in the world.”
What a parallel with our Christian message! We too seek to show humanity a need of something that mankind in general says it doesn't want - God's love and forgiveness.
Yet when we do find salvation through Christ we are convinced that we can't live without it.
Second, in early 2015 Apple wants to put new technology where it's never been particularly welcome before - on our bodies. It's their new and amazing Smart watch. Over and over their sales pitch for this product uses the words “personal” and “intimate”.
Time says “it's true in the most literal way possible . . . the Apple Watch wants to get intimate with us in a way we're not entirely used to and may not be prepared for. This isn't just a new product; this is technology attempting to colonise our bodies.”
Third, God too wants to do something we may not be prepared for - take up intimate residence with us by his personal indwelling presence. John 14.17,20,23.
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How intimate does God want to be? He says, “I will never leave you” Hebrews 13.5.