In Joshua 5, Israel goes to the extreme in their confidence in God's covenant. If we trust in God's covenant, we can celebrate his provision and have confidence in His victory.
My translation of Phil 3:3 goes like this: For we are the true circumcision, the ones who worshipfully serve by the Spirit of God, proudly boast in Christ Jesus, and do not have confidence in our natural humanity. Paul goes on in that chapter to describe his natural strenghts and assets as hindrances or liabilitities in the real pursuit of knowing Christ.
How might you agree with the apostle? How do human strengths and capabilities get in the way of knowing and serving Christ? Your honest comments will help all of us.
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Romans - Living in God's Great Work
The book of Roman's is perhaps the apostle's opus, Paul's great work about God's great work. God's great work through history is the restoration of humanity. Our series in the book of Romans will take us deeper into God's great work. As you follow the series, join the conversation by adding your comments below.
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I really enjoyed your message last week, but I'm not sure it had the desired effect on me. In your message you used the phrase "The Next Generation" so many times that after church was over, I had to go home a watch Star Trek. :)
Sounds like a great follow up to last weeks message. I find myself constantly relying on my own devices for the daily mundane. It would be wonderful if Pastor Bob could be my shadow for a week and beat me with a stick each time I fail to seek God's will and help. Habits are my bane, and my glory, (I am in the Word daily), so perhaps a week will Bob will be all I need to change in a positive way. Then again, my wife will probably say we will need at least a month. God Bless.
In Exodus 34:31 says take the seventh day off. Here we have Joshua (GOD told him) walks around seven days, what gives?
reply to asinner.
I cring at the thought of being your shadow with a stick, especially if you are asinner saved by grace, you have the Spirit of the Living God with you. He pricks your conscience better than I can. Still, you are right in that we walk better when we walk in grace together. I am at the CB annual conference today, and the thrust has been accepting love in grace from one another. We tend to hide our weaknesses form one another, because we don't trust. Being able to trust and receive grace opens the way for us to "grow on" and mature beyond past hurts.
We must be more and more a church that practices grace to one another.
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