"By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be my disciples." John 15:8
A recap: Jesus is the vine and we are branches. By being connected to Jesus we can have life, at the same time if we are not connected we will die, though we will mostly keep breathing. We can choose to be connected or choose to not be connected. If we choose connection our lives will be better because we will bear fruit, Jesus's words will change our hearts and our relationships, and our prayers will be answered because of a shift from selfish to unselfish natures.
Today we will look a little closer at something that we have already said, "We will bear fruit: people will be reached and loved and learn to love in return. Through our connection the whole world can be impacted, not to fill up church pews but to increase the quotient of love in the world and to decrease the quotient of hate."
Long, long ago in a land far, far away God made a promise to a guy named Abram, telling Abram that he would be a blessing to the entire world. As Christians we believe that this promise was finally fulfilled in the person of Jesus, but I don't think that is the final word on the matter. If you have been following these posts you will know that I have mentioned that we are called to be Jesus's hands and feet, we are supposed to be his body in the here and now. If that is the case, then God's promise to Abram continues on in our lives, we continue Jesus's blessing to the world, or at least we should be.
Jesus walked a very small portion of this planet; whereas his followers have walked every corner of the globe. Jesus spoke to a very small portion of the population, even in his day, and all of those people spoke the same language that he did and had a background very similar to his own; whereas his followers have the power to speak to people in every language to people of backgrounds and nationalities vastly different than their own. Through our connection the whole world can be impacted. Let's rephrase that, we will impact the whole world, the question is will we be living the connection when we impact them?
+ How have you impacted the world around you, for yourself or for God?
+ Do you believe that you are a part of something greater than yourself?
p.s. if I had looked ahead I would have realized that this was going to be a trilogy, as opposed to three entries on roughly the same topic, which is not really a trilogy at all
Today we will look a little closer at something that we have already said, "We will bear fruit: people will be reached and loved and learn to love in return. Through our connection the whole world can be impacted, not to fill up church pews but to increase the quotient of love in the world and to decrease the quotient of hate."
Long, long ago in a land far, far away God made a promise to a guy named Abram, telling Abram that he would be a blessing to the entire world. As Christians we believe that this promise was finally fulfilled in the person of Jesus, but I don't think that is the final word on the matter. If you have been following these posts you will know that I have mentioned that we are called to be Jesus's hands and feet, we are supposed to be his body in the here and now. If that is the case, then God's promise to Abram continues on in our lives, we continue Jesus's blessing to the world, or at least we should be.
Jesus walked a very small portion of this planet; whereas his followers have walked every corner of the globe. Jesus spoke to a very small portion of the population, even in his day, and all of those people spoke the same language that he did and had a background very similar to his own; whereas his followers have the power to speak to people in every language to people of backgrounds and nationalities vastly different than their own. Through our connection the whole world can be impacted. Let's rephrase that, we will impact the whole world, the question is will we be living the connection when we impact them?
+ How have you impacted the world around you, for yourself or for God?
+ Do you believe that you are a part of something greater than yourself?
p.s. if I had looked ahead I would have realized that this was going to be a trilogy, as opposed to three entries on roughly the same topic, which is not really a trilogy at all
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