It is required that a steward be faithful! The upshop of faithfulness is that it never fails to produce fruitfulness for the kingdom!
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Faith is a topic which is widely misunderstood. This is largely due to it’s being treated like a religious topic or a “tool” to manipulate circumstances and ultimately God to make our own lives more satisfying.
Any Biblical idea which has been stripped of its relational context is doomed to mislead people in the end.
Faith is nothing more that relational, whole-hearted trust placed in God as a RESULT of Him taking the initiative to reveal Himself to us in any area of our live. The trust we place in Him, initiates from Him. As He reveals Who He is to us, the heart response of trusting Him to be Who He reveals Himself to be is what faith is – nothing less and nothing more.
When conviction becomes correction
Conviction given by the Holy Spirit that is not heeded will escalate into correction from the Father.
He chastises His Own so they will not be condemned with the world, but not all chastening is heeded and that can have enternal implications.
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To believe IS to Obey
The kingdom of God is centered on the rule and the reign of Christ.
Belief in Him is more than belief regarding facts ABOUT Him, but in the rightness of His Lordship over our lives.
Such faith is ALWAYS evidenced by obedience!
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Eastertide and the Kingdom of God
During the 40 days between His resurrection and His ascention into Heaven, Jesus appeared to many and taught them.
Of all the things Jesus could focus upon in His teachings to His followers and the apostles – He focused upon the Kingdom of God!
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To Hunger and Thirst
Throughout scripture we are encouraged to hunger and thirst for God. Some of the miracles God did for Israel were intended to illustrate these points… the mana, the water from the rock…etc.
Jesus became the embodiment of these types and shadows. He was the TRUE “bread from heaven” as is recorded in John 6.
Today we investigate the connection between communion, dying with Christ, rising with Christ as well as hungering and thirsting for Him!
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