Cooperating 001

I'm applying for seminary. I'm incredibly excited at the prospect of learning more about God. At the same time I feel incredibly unprepared. I suppose I think of men in seminary as really smart, godly men. In my mind, they are people who can say in less than a minute all the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. They're probably people who have read through the bible 3 times, at least. Often, lately, I've felt that I'm not good enough for seminary.

Q. What makes me think that I could ever go, spend money, time, and effort to study God?

A. Jesus.

I'm reassuring myself, as did the apostle Paul, that...

Philippians 4:
13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

I can't do this on my own. It's even true that I don't deserve to go to seminary. I'm not super-pastor. I'll never be super-pastor. But Jesus is my savior... and I cannot be separated from Him.

Romans 8:
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be [8] against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? ... 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus is my strength. He is my salvation. He is my Lord. So, when I ponder the essay question on the entrance application to my seminary of choice:

Q. How can Christians of differing theological viewpoints cooperate?

A. Jesus.

What other answer do I have?