Monday July 24, 2023
Theme: “Characteristics of Christian Community Growth” Text: Matthew 7:24-25
24. Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine and does them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25. The rain fell, the torrents came, the winds blew and rushed against this house: it did not fall, because it was founded on rock.
Let's remember:
We are talking about what precisely defines the positive evolution of a Christian group. It is a question of highlighting the distinctive points of the evolution in a Christian environment. We will recognize a people who love growth by their ability to love the Word of God. He exposes himself to the Word of God in the hope of being set free by it. Indeed, the Word of God does not leave indifferent whoever comes up against it. Isaiah 55:10. “As the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and do not return thereto, unless they have watered and fertilized the earth, and caused the plants to sprout, without having given seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11. So it is with my word which goes out of my mouth: it does not return to me without effect, unless I have carried out my will and accomplished my purposes”. The people who listen to the Word of God suffer the fallout from it. The choice to always want to listen to God and his Word leads to putting it into practice because it is by forging that one becomes a blacksmith. The Word of God has mighty power to transform even the most hardened hearts into hearts full of love and fear of the Lord. Such peoples, sure of their God, build only on the rock of the Word. They lay the foundation on God, hoping only in Him. Moreover, the only solid foundations that exist are only in Jesus Christ. Far from Jesus, no community can experience growth. We recognize a people who experience growth by their love for the Word of God and their ability to put it into practice. When threats arrive, it is Jesus who takes over and who defends the fights of such a people. God cannot be indifferent to an obedient people; he defends it because it is the apple of his eye. Excellent Monday. Amen Alain Louz.-
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