Working from rest community2
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The document discusses several Bible verses about creation originating from God and existing for God. It also discusses the importance of not just listening to God's word but doing what it says, otherwise one is only fooling themselves. Finally, it mentions a verse about fellowship with other believers deepening understanding of blessings in union with Christ. The overall message is that all things were created by and for God, and true faith requires obeying God's word through fellowship with other Christians.
Working from rest community2
- 1. Community
- 2. Heb 4:1 (NASB) Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.
- 3. Col 1:16 NASB For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him.
- 4. From Him For Him From God For God Through God
- 5. Output
- 7. Input to Output Jas 1:22-24 NLT But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don't obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
- 8. Community • Phm 1:6 GNB My prayer is that our fellowship with you as believers will bring about a deeper understanding of every blessing which we have in our life in union with Christ.
Editor's Notes
- #3: Why are we talking about rest? Rest is not the end in itself or the goal. Our objective is to be effective ministers of the gospel, to bring God’s kingdom to earth. The paradox is just that in God’s kingdom the key to greater effectivity is not through greater self effort but is through entering His rest. Pastor Duane Miller’s story illustrates the point.
- #6: Identity—“I am who I am,” or “we are who we are”—develops always in relation to our surroundings, particularly in relationship with people and social events. Identity is a relational concept; that is, our relationships define who we are. Philosopher Rene Descartes defined a human being with the phrase “I think, therefore I am.” In Christian theology, however, we have a different model of existence in the Trinity of God. God is inherently relational, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, even in terms of being the Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer (or Sanctifier). Although God is unified, God is not singular and isolated. Christ draws us into that eternal, divine relationship, as he describes in John 17:21, “As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” “To the degree that we embrace the truth that our identity is not rooted in our success, power, or popularity, but in God's infinite love, to that degree can we let go of our need to judge.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Here and Now: Living in the Spirit
- #7: Three leaves up in & out, The person engaged in all that, worshiping praying and giving. Organic structure, were a community not an business or corporate entity. Strength and texture like a body. The Cross is the mark we make what we leave behind.
- #8: God is the only one qualified to make you. There are many that would like to make you, yourself, your parents or children, your society etc but only God the creator is qualified because only He knows enough about you and the future plans that He has for you. Only he has the skills and the insight.
- #9: Once God is the source of who you are and what you are to do then you can with security step into community and offer yourself and your abilities to the community.