fisher or aquarium?

I've asked God for a challenge, and change, a make me/shake me/change me kick in the butt that will move me.

In everything I've read, listened to, wrote, conversed about in the past month, have all ended in the conclusion that the scripture will give me an answer. It always comes back to the scripture for me, and I always deny it. Unwilling to submit to what it will tell me, challenge me to do, and teach me to understand.

I listed to a podcast from Francis Chan of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, CA titled "The Gospel Conference Part 5." Although the entire teaching was phenomenal, I was really struck by something he was trying to base his life, love, and church off of.

He explained the concept of exegesis and eisegesis.

Eisegesis
The interpretation of a text (as in the Bible) by reading it into one's own ideas --> importing into the bible our desires/wants/needs.

Exegesis
The explanation or critical interpretation of the text --> taking from the bible.

He says that our priorities should be based on what is commanded first, what is from the text, what is already written from the word of God. We shouldn't be

Basically there were three things I took away.
1. Rather then changing the words and choosing parts in the bible to fit to my needs, I need to change my heart.
2. There are so many times in our life where we wonder, "I want to make a change, but where the heck do I start?" Start with scripture, start with the word of God.
3. Instead of becoming fishers of men, I have become my own aquarium, this misrepresents everything scripture commands me to do.

I'm still looking for all of these in scripture, but at the end of the teaching, Mr. Chan POWERFULLY states all these commandments. It gave me goosebumps.

What is Commanded?
love one another.
serve one another.
be at peace with one another.
show hospitality towards one another.
honor one another.
receive one another.
do not fight with one another.
do not envy one another.
admonish one another.
greet one another.
care for one another.
bear the burdens of one another.
show deference towards one another.
forgive one another.
be kind to one another.
submit to one another.
don't lie to one another.
provoke the good works in one another.
comfort one another.
concern yourself in the affairs of one another.
don't hate one another.
don't speak evil of one another.
pray for one another.
be like minded towards one another.
don't hold a grudge towards one another.
highly esteem one another.
do not be partial towards one another.
have fellowship with one another.
edify one another.
teach one another.
do good one another.
exhort one another.
administer spiritual gifts towards one another.

*some of these may be wrong, since I based them on what I heard, which we all know is not the greatest :]