This means that we can live like Jesus, doing what he did, with two exceptions. One, we must continually repent of personal sin, which is something the sinless Jesus never had to do. Two, we are not continually and perfectly able to live like Jesus because of our ongoing sinful desires.
This is made possible when we realize that because being Spirit-filled means being like Jesus, such things as poverty, sickness, and hardship are not incompatible with living a Spirit-filled life, as many false health-and-wealth teachers preach. Indeed, the only perfect Spirit-filled person who has ever lived, Jesus Christ,
Unity is possible when we stop thinking of our church or denomination as the vine and all others as the branches. Rather, Jesus is the vine and all of us are branches.
Living a regenerated life primarily means that our deepest desires are to live in loving obedience to Jesus out of our new heart by the power of the Holy Spirit.
“The church is the community of the Kingdom but never the Kingdom itself.”
This is made possible when we realize that because being Spirit-filled means being like Jesus, such things as poverty, sickness, and hardship are not incompatible with living a Spirit-filled life, as many false health-and-wealth teachers preach. Indeed, the only perfect Spirit-filled person who has ever lived, Jesus Christ,
preaching is the first priority of ministry that leads God’s mission, which is accompanied by various other ministries that support, supplement, and sustain the preaching of God’s Word in truth with passion.
1)Turn your critics into coaches by hearing what they are saying and humbly considering if there is any truth to their criticism. 2) Never engage the critics on their terms because it only escalates the conflict and is not productive. 3) Be very careful about firing off emails or leaving voicemails and responding out of anger in a way that you will later regret.4) Shout louder than your critics to define yourself, and do not allow them to define you.
George Barna, are now making outlandish claims that any Christian church that owns a building, meets regularly, has a paid pastor, or any leader who preaches a sermon is pagan. In his book Pagan Christianity?
Preaching is not sharing or chatting but rather proclaiming with authority and passion the truth of God’s Word about Jesus.
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