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As you viewed the Gethsemane Grotto and the religious artifacts in the cave, what reminders did you have of religious rituals that fall short of a growing relationship with God?
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It is amazing that this grotto is still there, after 2,000 years, preserved for us to give historical validity. I don’t think rituals or artifacts are wrong, as long as we remember the reason and the PERSON behind them. Jesus asked us, believers, to take communion, to remember Him and proclaim his death and resurrection until He comes again.
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Even the fact that we rely on “artifact” to assist us in relationship with God, such things considered artifacts also remind me that nothing that can be touched, nothing that can be seen, nothing material that we hold dear can approach or reveal to us the Glory of God.
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Looking at the Grotto, I was reminded of the dedication they had to prayer and worship. They did not have much and used whatever place they could meet. Not very comfortable and I imagine many of them cramped up, but they were solid in who they believed in.
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I was reminded of how people used to sacrifice for their sins. Also how people only follow God out of fear instead of love.
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Religious rituals are things we have been taught to do in observance of God. Some what like placing up Christmas lights or a deocorated tree in observance of Christmas. The reflect peoples attempts to connect with God in ways that they have been told are required or acceptable. Growing a relationship with God is focusing on Him. Loving Him and learning from him.