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- Jesus worked then through His bodily incarnation, and He works now through His church. In other words, He is as much at work through you in your city now as He was then in the streets of Jerusalem. As believers, we possess the same Holy Spirit that Jesus had while on earth.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Not only is Jesus Christ alive today, but through God’s Holy Spirit—called the “Spirit of Christ” in Romans 8:9—He lives and dwells within every child of God. The life of Christ in us is our hope of eternal glory.
- Jars of Clay
The power does not originate in the cleverness or strength...
- Crucified With Christ
At one time we “followed the ways of this world and of the...
- How Should We Live Our Lives in Light of Our Identity in Christ
And our new kingdom perspective means we understand that our...
- Jars of Clay
Most Relevant Verses. for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Since You have also performed for us all our works.
Apr 21, 2012 · “All believers, pure and simple, will do the works Jesus does.” So let’s take those three parts of the text one at a time. (1) All of us who believe in Jesus will carry on with his work. (2) In some wonderful way, we will all do something greater than the works of Jesus.
- And these words of Jesus in John 14:12–14 bear directly on your life and our life together in these exciting days. What they say is that all of us...
- John 14:12a: “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do.” Two crucial observations: First, his promise is...
- The second part of this text (John 14:12b) is that, in some wonderful way, we will all do something greater than the works of Jesus. “Truly, truly,...
- As you seek to carry on my work in the world, and as you seek to let your light shine, and live in love, and offer forgiveness of sins in the name...
- Love God with All Your Strength
- Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
- Be Honest
- Watch Your Words
- Your Space Is His Space... Including Your Work Space
- You Are Not 'Making A Living.' God Is Giving You Life
- Don't Worry About Your Work
- Renew Faith by Doing New Things in The World
- Restore Hope by Restoring The World
- Finish The Job
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Jesus sees this as the distillation of the whole law. If you’ve been at a Christian college or seminary, their favorite is the part about loving God with your mind. The heart part is popular in worship focused-traditions. But I’ve fo...
You will recall that Jesus says there’s a second commandment which is like the first: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31). This helps us understand the outward dimension of the great commandment. If you’ve got the idea that you’re living in God’s presence and everything you do is in a basic sense for him, what’s your horizontal directive ...
In Matthew 5:37Jesus is saying we need to be people of integrity. The specific context is not swearing oaths, which may seem archaic to us. Jesus’ point is you shouldn’t be such a fundamentally dishonest person that on the rare occasion you’re telling the truth you have to say, “Oh, I swear to God. Usually you can’t trust a word I say, but in this ...
One more related item from Jesus’ ethical watchwords is: watch your words. Be careful of what you say. Pretty close to when Jesus says this business about Yes or No he says “and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire” (Matthew 5:22). This is part of a general exhortation by Jesus, James his brother, and the whole New Testame...
I’m going to transition out of the ethical dimension now and try to get some perspective on our work. One critical thing throughout the gospels is that your space is his space, including your work space. You don’t enter into some godless bubble when you enter your office or whatever your domain of endeavor is. It may feel like a godless bubble, but...
We use this expression “making a living” to refer to our work. That’s fine as far as language goes, but it can easily lead to the sense that it’s up to us to provide for ourselves. Christians can fall into that just as much as anybody else. But Jesus said this: God provides for the sparrows. Now in one sense sparrows don’t have to work. They’re not...
Related to that, the logical conclusion is you don’t worry about your work. You don’t approach your work with a sense of daily anxiety that if you don’t perform then it’s not going to all come through for you. You do it as trusting in God’s provision.
When Jesus fed the 5000 (Matthew 14:13-21), that was a spectacular new thing. It just blew people’s minds that God who had created the world out of nothing was still at work to do new things in the world, with just a couple of loaves and fishes. To that extent, your work involves sub-creating new things. It’s God whose power is at work in and throu...
To the extent that things are broken in the world and we help fix them, we point to God. When we mend broken bones or help mend broken hearts, fix cars or fix clocks, it helps point backwards. Even more, it gives people hope because it points forwards to the restoration of all things in the new heavens and the new earth. That’s something you can ta...
I’m going to draw here ever so briefly on the gospel of John. Throughout the gospel of John Jesus is working. If you just read John and keep your eyes out for the words “doing” and “work” you’ll see they’re all through the gospel. Constantly, Jesus is working. “My Father is still working, and I also am working” (John 5:17). And what are Jesus’ fina...
But how does God dwell in us today? Through the power of His Holy Spirit. In Romans 8 Paul explains that “the Spirit of God dwells in you” (verse 9) means that “Christ is in you” (verse 10). Jesus Christ can live in a person through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Nov 3, 2021 · Christ isn’t outside of us as some kind of Helper in our time of need; He actually lives in us and is with us all the time. Many verses in the Bible tell us unmistakably that Jesus Christ lives in His believers. In this post, we’ll highlight just eight of these wonderful portions from the Scriptures. 1.
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Aug 27, 2020 · Jesus calls us to work, to expend energy and effort, for the good of others. This is what makes our acts good works : that our work is good for others , not just self. “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
