+ We Bear Much Fruit
John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing
+ We do not Actively Sin
1 John 3:6
No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
+ We Await His Coming
1 John 2:28
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming
A Dwelling Place of God'
And in [Jesus] you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. - Ephesians 2:22
"Where can I go to find God?" Mortals have asked this question ever since they were driven from the garden and from their daily walks with God in "the cool of the day" (Genesis 3:8-24). Nations have had wars over this question. Families have been split over this question. People have spent countless amounts of money to go on pilgrimages to answer this question.
However, in this one passage, Paul reminds us of an inestimable grace: God lives in his people. Jesus had promised that where two or three are gathered together in his name, he would join them (Matthew 18:20), but we sometimes forget it. God chooses to come and live among people who offer themselves to him as followers of Jesus. That makes each Christian (1 Corinthians 6:19) and each congregation of Jesus' people (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) a sacred place where God dwells — no matter how large or small the group is or where it meets.
Thought
. "I have had prayers answered — most strangely so sometimes — but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me." - Lewis Carroll
[Message No: 6277]
John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing
+ We do not Actively Sin
1 John 3:6
No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
+ We Await His Coming
1 John 2:28
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming
A Dwelling Place of God'
And in [Jesus] you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. - Ephesians 2:22
"Where can I go to find God?" Mortals have asked this question ever since they were driven from the garden and from their daily walks with God in "the cool of the day" (Genesis 3:8-24). Nations have had wars over this question. Families have been split over this question. People have spent countless amounts of money to go on pilgrimages to answer this question.
However, in this one passage, Paul reminds us of an inestimable grace: God lives in his people. Jesus had promised that where two or three are gathered together in his name, he would join them (Matthew 18:20), but we sometimes forget it. God chooses to come and live among people who offer themselves to him as followers of Jesus. That makes each Christian (1 Corinthians 6:19) and each congregation of Jesus' people (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) a sacred place where God dwells — no matter how large or small the group is or where it meets.
Thought
. "I have had prayers answered — most strangely so sometimes — but I think our heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me." - Lewis Carroll
[Message No: 6277]
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