O.K. So you're busy. No comments on the last post as of this afternoon. Try again this week. Those of you who feel Left Behind (not the fiction series) are blessed that we did not finish chapter two, so there is time to catch up.Thanks for jumping into the local group today at the RLBC Starbucks, Dani T.
Thanks for the French Press so we could savor our Starbucks, Lil' Rabbi.
For next Monday (10-23-06) we will discuss pages 36-41. Do not be afraid to mark up your book. Here are some thoughts to prime your pump:
- Read Romans 8:18-21 and note the first paragraph under the heading Are You Being Used? on page 36. Give some examples of what God might need to do to liberate you from the "bondage of self regard."
- With that in mind, what is the reaction that most glorifies God when you fall prey to hard times or evil people in this world? How does understanding Romans 8:29 help you react in ways that focus the telescope on God?
- Ponder the art gallery illustration on pp. 36-37. What are some examples of the "paintings" we should be admiring? What are examples of distractions that keep you from enjoying the "paintings" and make you bored with the gallery?
- Look again at the last half of page 39. Consider all the non-Christians around you and how many Postmodern Christians have sought to appease them by flattering them and admiring their religions. Put yourself back in "the gallery." What is the most loving thing you can do for those who stand there as bored with the paintings as you used to be? Consider Paul's words on Mars Hill in Acts 17.
See you online or in church.
Sls
2 comments:
The study went amazingly well along with my devotions yesterday- where I looked at 2 Corinthians 4-6... In the book, it talks about love- that if you love someone, you cannot fail to point them to the One they were created to delight in... 2 Cor. 5:18-21 were really neat to read... Paul gives a different picture of sharing Christ with people than you find a lot of other places...
"All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
Not only are we sharing Christ with people because they were made to delight and worship Him... but we are also begging them to be reconciled- to make peace- with God, who offers the Peace that is beyond all other peace... and we do this, motivated by God's love- as vs. 13-15 show:
"If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."
sorry!!...we're rlbc anyway right, we always start late, don't we?? :0) ok, it's 12:06. oh well. not much to say on this part of the chapter, but since you all are getting together today back home I thought I'd ask for prayer. ECOP is an outreach project (and pretty much the only Christain oraganization) on campus here and right now we have like eight people coming (Wed. nite worships). We need to do outreach but this first semster, if you all could just pray that Christians would be able to unite here at Edgewood specifically through the ECOP ministry. I could also use prayer in staying steadfast in a passion for the people on my campus and leading the ECOP group. Thanks so much all. :0)
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