What is the goal of being a Christian? What motivates us to continue on in this life of warfare? The Apostle Peter provides both answers in the opening of chapter two of his letter. In identifying the goal and motivation of the truly born again individual, he unfolds for us the wonderful privileges of conforming to and knowing Christ – the sum of the Christian’s life and experience.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
PHILIPPIANS 2:14 -15- Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. THEME OF THE DAY. IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE NOT TASKS. Are you a planner? A control-type individual? A person who lays out…
1 PETER 5:5 – Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”. THEME OF THE DAY. THE COST OF EXPERIENCING GOD’S AMAZING GRACE. Here is a one question theological test. It also has one word for an answer. It…
JOHN 6:35 – Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. THEME OF THE DAY. OUR SATISFACTION IS IN CHRIST. God created us with the capacity, even necessity, to hunger and thirst. And neither is the result of the fall of our first parents, Adam…
JOHN 17:1-3 – When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the…
1 PETER 2:1-3 – So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. THEME OF THE DAY. SPIRITUAL GROWTH BEGINS WITH SPIRTUAL DESIRE. A hungry infant provides a powerful…