'God's Spokespeople.'
Acts 15:3.
a) They are part of the Universal Church and Related to
the Local Church.
i) Acts 21:5; 15:3. They went from and were sent by the
Church.
ii) Acts 28:15. They had strengthening fellowship from
the Church.
iii) 3 John 1:8. Are given hospitality by the Church.
b) They purposefully traveled.
i) Acts 15:3. To fully narrate the conversion of the
Nations, bringing Joy to the Churches as they narrated.
ii) Acts 8:14. Traveling even to hostile places like
Samaria, to Teach the Believers there.
iii) Acts 11:19. They went with specific vision.
c) They are Declarers.
i) Acts 15:12. Recounting - What God has done.
ii) Acts 14:27. Reporting - What God is doing now.
iii) Acts 21:19. Relating - Causing Believers to Glorify
the Lord.
d) They are Joy givers.
i) Acts 13:48. Causing the Nations to Rejoice.
ii) Isaiah 66:13-14. Bringing Comfort and Joy.
iii) Luke 15:5-10, 23-24 & 32. Joy caused by other
people's restoration whether in church flock or in human family.
(This QT gives me the desire to be one of God's
Spokespeople)
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'We Are Not Of The World System.'
a) John 15:19 & 16. Because Jesus has called us out
of it.
b) John 17:14. Because we have received the Word of God.
c) John 17:15-16. We are still to live in this World but
we are not a part of its system. God can Keep us from the evil one.
{Is community life, in the sense of everyone living
together in an isolated environment away from the world system Biblical? I
think not, it seems anti Biblical to me, the weak never become stronger but
rather community dependent.}
d) Ephesians 2:2-5; Titus 3:3-7. Because we have been
saved by God's:-
i) Mercy.
ii) Great Love.
iii) Grace.
e) 1 Peter 2:9-12. So now we can behave well and
properly.
f) 1 John 5:19. We are of God.
(This Meditation confirms to me that I Am Not Of The
World System)
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Chris.
We need to be part of a Church where we can be committed
and also receive strengthening fellowship. Fellowship is friendship and fun and
not being harangued by people's overly strong opinions so that we eventually
become discouraged and with guilty feeling.
