Risk chapters 11, 12, & 13
Well hello there! How's everyone doing today? I hope all of you are doing well.
Sorry I didn't blog yesterday. I was totally wiped out by 10 last night, so I just went up stairs and crashed. So, sorry!
So, let's talk about Risk- shall we? Chapter 11 talks about The Ruthless Way. That means taking a hard core approach (spelling error?) to getting sin out of our lives. Like what Mark 9:43 talks about, "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed then with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out". That verse means do whatever it takes to eliminate sin from your life. We must be hard core in doing it. We must invite the Lord into our lives and reveal any and all sin in our lives and help us rid ourselves from it (Psalms 139:23-24).
Chapter 12 talks about The Highest Vision, The Noblest Goal. This chapter talks about going futher then just being a Christian. It talks about being a spiritually disciplined. Like when Paul told Timothy that no soldier gets involved in civilian affairs, but is always striving to fullfill his commander's orders. The athlete must always keep his mind on abiding by the rules of the game, lest he do something to disqualify himself and his team. And finally the farmer who diligently works day in and day out cultivating and growing crops that he can share in it (2 Timothy 2:1-7).
And chapter 13 is Spiritual Ebola, which is about infecting others with the gospel of Jesus Christ and growing people to take on leadership in the Church. This is about teaching people how to teach others. It's like Paul taking Timothy along with him on his missionary journeies. No telling how many meals they ate together, prayed together, studied together, taught (spelling error?) together, and so on. Then in 2 Timothy, Paul hands the baton of leadership over to Timothy with these words, "What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you- guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in in us (1:13-14). Paul invested himself in Timothy and countless others. Timothy toke what he learned from Paul and taught others, who taught others- and on and on it goes. We must be in the habit of teaching others too. And investing ourselves in a hand full of others who will take leadership in the Church to carry on it's herritage.
More on Risk tomorrow. God bless you all in Jesus' name!
Zack
Sorry I didn't blog yesterday. I was totally wiped out by 10 last night, so I just went up stairs and crashed. So, sorry!
So, let's talk about Risk- shall we? Chapter 11 talks about The Ruthless Way. That means taking a hard core approach (spelling error?) to getting sin out of our lives. Like what Mark 9:43 talks about, "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed then with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out". That verse means do whatever it takes to eliminate sin from your life. We must be hard core in doing it. We must invite the Lord into our lives and reveal any and all sin in our lives and help us rid ourselves from it (Psalms 139:23-24).
Chapter 12 talks about The Highest Vision, The Noblest Goal. This chapter talks about going futher then just being a Christian. It talks about being a spiritually disciplined. Like when Paul told Timothy that no soldier gets involved in civilian affairs, but is always striving to fullfill his commander's orders. The athlete must always keep his mind on abiding by the rules of the game, lest he do something to disqualify himself and his team. And finally the farmer who diligently works day in and day out cultivating and growing crops that he can share in it (2 Timothy 2:1-7).
And chapter 13 is Spiritual Ebola, which is about infecting others with the gospel of Jesus Christ and growing people to take on leadership in the Church. This is about teaching people how to teach others. It's like Paul taking Timothy along with him on his missionary journeies. No telling how many meals they ate together, prayed together, studied together, taught (spelling error?) together, and so on. Then in 2 Timothy, Paul hands the baton of leadership over to Timothy with these words, "What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you- guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in in us (1:13-14). Paul invested himself in Timothy and countless others. Timothy toke what he learned from Paul and taught others, who taught others- and on and on it goes. We must be in the habit of teaching others too. And investing ourselves in a hand full of others who will take leadership in the Church to carry on it's herritage.
More on Risk tomorrow. God bless you all in Jesus' name!
Zack
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