Archive for The Journey: For New Believers
Understanding: Part IV
In our culture, people tend to treat the invisible as less real than the visible. Yet with a little reflection, we must admit that much of what is real in our world is invisible. Jesus, no longer physically present, is still present through His Spirit. Jesus told His initial disciples that after His resurrection, His [...]
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God can do anything, you know – far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Ephesians 3:20 To understand the awesome reality of having the God of [...]
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In Luke 15:11-32, we find one of the most familiar stories in the Bible, a story Rembrandt captured in his classic painting The Return of the Prodigal Son. Among the story’s many lessons is the persistent love of the father. The story begins like this: There was once a man who had two sons. The [...]
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While it is relatively easy to understand that God is for us and beside us, the amazing concept that God is also in us is a little more difficult to comprehend. Paul wrote in Colossians 1:26-27: This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but now it’s out in the open. [...]
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Now you’re dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Colossians 3:10 NEW IMAGE Once the Spirit of God comes into our lives, a change begins. God’s power begins to work within our [...]
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CHANGED INSIDE AND OUT Because Jesus is the exact representation of God, when we observe His life in the Gospels, we see not only what God is like but also what we are to be like. In Ephesians 4:22-24, Paul stated: Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean [...]
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WHAT TO “PUT OFF” Transformation involves first ‘putting off’ values and behaviours that are ill-fitting for kingdom living. In Colossians 3:5-8, Paul identifies some things that need to be ‘put off’: And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel [...]
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Now you’re dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Colossians 3:10 NEW IMAGE Once the Spirit of God comes into our lives, a change begins. God’s power begins to work within our [...]
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