Matt 24-25 be "ready" what does that mean? I dont need to "DO" anything for my salvation do I ? We certainly need to be ready so that we are prepared for the day that Jesus comes again.
Just as a pilot practices his craft over and over and over again with monotonous repetition, so that it becomes more than second nature it becomes instinct. One day he might find a bird flies into his engine and in 3 minutes from take off he needs to crash land his plane in the busiest city in the world. His training and discipline will determine how many passengers survive and how many dont. It doesnt matter that at some stage he got a licence to fly , what matters is his character and his commitment to do what has become second natureor instinct.( for the real story read here
We too need to practise our "craft" and become discipled to Jesus so that when we are called into action we can be ready. Ready to use our character, second nature or instinct for God. We need to be ready.
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65 Owen Terrace
Wallaroo SA 5556
PoBox 340 Wallaroo SA 5556
Email; coppercoastbaptist@live.com
Mobile; 0432 017 025
Our Pastor: Rev Markus Schmid
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Week 2 day 3 gospel challenge
Ahhhh, I love Matt 23!
Jesus reserves judgment on people until he gets to the Pharisees and Sadducees. His condemnation doesn't fall on prostitutes, tax collecters or adulterers but on the legalistic, judgmental religious leaders of his time. His problem isn't so much with what they say but how they act. He says "listen to them but don't follow their example". Jesus calls them Blind guides , snakes , sons of vipers, white washed Tombs, hypocrites and filthy. Not very Christ like is it? ...
Hang on he is the Christ!
What I take from this is that, character or virtue is an important part of following Jesus. It is no good saying "this is what I am take it or leave it" . Jesus takes us as we are and while we were still sinners he died for us, that doesn't mean we have to stay that way!
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Jesus reserves judgment on people until he gets to the Pharisees and Sadducees. His condemnation doesn't fall on prostitutes, tax collecters or adulterers but on the legalistic, judgmental religious leaders of his time. His problem isn't so much with what they say but how they act. He says "listen to them but don't follow their example". Jesus calls them Blind guides , snakes , sons of vipers, white washed Tombs, hypocrites and filthy. Not very Christ like is it? ...
Hang on he is the Christ!
What I take from this is that, character or virtue is an important part of following Jesus. It is no good saying "this is what I am take it or leave it" . Jesus takes us as we are and while we were still sinners he died for us, that doesn't mean we have to stay that way!
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Week 2 Day 2 matt 16-19
Todays reading reminds us that Jesus calls us to become like children, to have humility (Matt 18:4). We seem to see leadership as an advantage as something to aspire to (just look at the recent events in Canberra).
The Kingdom that Jesus began with his life, Death and resurrection is an upside down kingdom where the meek inherit the earth where the children have the right answers and the leaders are servants. I wonder why so many Christians still work under this worlds way of doing Kingdom rather than Jesus' way of doing kingdom. Of course sin is the obvious response. Not sin in the impersonal "something that is out of my control which I accidentally find myself in"style that we like to write off. But the sin where we still want to control our lives because handing over control to God is a sign of weakness. No wonder Jesus sets out a very clear conflict resolution guide to follow.
The Kingdom that Jesus began with his life, Death and resurrection is an upside down kingdom where the meek inherit the earth where the children have the right answers and the leaders are servants. I wonder why so many Christians still work under this worlds way of doing Kingdom rather than Jesus' way of doing kingdom. Of course sin is the obvious response. Not sin in the impersonal "something that is out of my control which I accidentally find myself in"style that we like to write off. But the sin where we still want to control our lives because handing over control to God is a sign of weakness. No wonder Jesus sets out a very clear conflict resolution guide to follow.
Lent Gospel challenge readings
| Day | Text | Day | Text | Day | Text | Day | Text | Day | Text | Day | Text | Day | Text |
| M 20 | - | M 27 | 12-15 | M 5 | Luke 1-4 | M 12 | 22-24 | M 19 | 17-20 | M 26 | 5-8 | M 2 | 7-10 |
| T 21 | - | T 28 | 16-19 | T 6 | 5-8 | T 13 | Acts 1-4 | T 20 | 21-24 | T 27 | 9-12 | T 3 | 11-14 |
| W 22 | Matt 1-4 | W 29 | 20-23 | W 7 | 9-12 | W 14 | 5-7 | W 21 | 25-26 | W 28 | 13-16 | W 4 | 15-17 |
| T 23 | 5-7 | T 1 | 24-25 | T 8 | 13-16 | T 15 | 8-12 | T 22 | 27-28 | T 29 | John 1-3 | T 5 | 18-21 |
| F 24 | 8-11 | F 2 | 26-28 | F 9 | 17-21 | F 16 | 13-16 | F 23 | Mark1-4 | F 30 | 4-6 | F 6 | Easter |
| S 25 | Catch up | S 3 | Catch up | S 10 | Catch up | S 17 | Catch up | S 24 | Catch up | S 31 | Catch up | S 7 | Easter |
| S 26 | Catch up | S 4 | Catch up | S 11 | Catch up | S 18 | Catch up | S 25 | Catch up | S 1 | Catch up | S 8 | Easter |
Monday, February 27, 2012
Lent gospel reading challenge wk2 day 1
Matt 12-15
The pharisees plotted to kill him 12:14 for what working on a sabbath, doing a miracle or was it challenging their right to judge everyone( take away power from them)?
"If I am casting out demons by the Spirit of God then the kingdom of God has arrived among you"12:28. Not coming not one day, 2000 years into the future but now! Then he tells 6 parables of what the kingdom looks like.
If we truly believe that the Kingdom of God had begun as Jesus declared, then we had better stop acting like pharisees and start acting like disciples.
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The pharisees plotted to kill him 12:14 for what working on a sabbath, doing a miracle or was it challenging their right to judge everyone( take away power from them)?
"If I am casting out demons by the Spirit of God then the kingdom of God has arrived among you"12:28. Not coming not one day, 2000 years into the future but now! Then he tells 6 parables of what the kingdom looks like.
If we truly believe that the Kingdom of God had begun as Jesus declared, then we had better stop acting like pharisees and start acting like disciples.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Lent gospel challenge
Matt 8-11
Jesus was called a "glutton and a drunkard" for hanging out wth sinners why is it that so many of his followers dont follow his example?
He also said "I have come not to bring peace but a sword" not the image we think of when we think of Jesus usually is it?
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Jesus was called a "glutton and a drunkard" for hanging out wth sinners why is it that so many of his followers dont follow his example?
He also said "I have come not to bring peace but a sword" not the image we think of when we think of Jesus usually is it?
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Lent gospel challenge
Today's reading Matt 5-7. The whole sermon on the mount! I don't think we read this passage as a whole often. It really does lay out how people of Gods kingdom should live. What sets us apart from those who shout Lord,Lord and Jesus says "I don't know you"?
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