So I have to journal for my Pastoral studies and put down my thoughts as I go through a six month period of time. As you might have noticed from my previous blogs, I'm not very consistent with journals or blogging, but I'm going to do my best and keep with it :-)
I've been fascinated with a couple things lately. One is Corinthians and the story Paul shows of a people in love with Jesus, but still carrying lifestyles that don't match up with the calling of following Christ. How you can be a Christian and still not fully be "Perfect" in actions. It seems antithetical to how we teach salvation. Many gave me the impression as a new Christian that if you are a "true Christian" you lay all of that down at the cross and you're done with it, but that isn't the rule as we look at others getting saved....it's the exception. Most of us walk around carrying things that don't line up with Gods word, not out of rebellion, but out of not knowing.
Discipleship.........the book of corinthians is a book of discipleship. I sometimes think we produce orphaned Christians because we lead them to the cross, they cross over to life and then we say,"Praise God!!" and move on. No fathers. No mothers. Just new Christians without direction, doing the best they can.
God empowers us and that is first and foremost, but if that was it why did Paul tell Timothy to teach and correct doctrine!? Because others didn't have access to the holy spirit? NO not at all, but like Babies we need to be taught how the understand the language being spoken to us. Are teaching and discipling others? I'm not as much as I used to. Caught up in life.
Ephesians 3:16-17
"I pray that he would give you, according to HIS glorious riches, strength in your inner being and power through HIS Spirit, and that the Messiah would make HIS home in your hearts through faith."
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