Disciples of Grace Today

Photo by  Caio Resende  from  Pexels Stewards of the Mysteries of God 4  Let a man so consider us, as  servants of Christ  and stewards of the mysteries of God.  2  Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.  3  But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. This passage comes from 1st Corinthians 4:1-3. In this passage the Apostle Paul is once again defending his call to ministry. He has set himself to live for an audience of One. He has determined that his life and all that in it is subject to the Law of Christ. In Mark 9:35 Jesus said that if one were to be the greatest he must be the servant of all.  In my last post I promised you some links to some faithful churches headed up by faithful stewards. This list is NOT exhaustive and even if they are not in your area they will be more than happy to point you to churches in ...

Photo by  Luis Quintero  from  Pexels 9  Let  love  be  without hypocrisy.  Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.  10  Be  kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love,  in honor giving preference to one another;  11  not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;  12  rejoicing in hope,  patient [ c ]  in tribulation,  continuing steadfastly in prayer;  13  distributing to the needs of the saints,  given [ d ]  to hospitality. -  Romans 12:9-13 There are 100 one anothers mentioned in scripture, 59 of them are direct commands. This is just 12 of them.The Christian Life is not meant to be lived alone with just Jesus and you. We are commanded and expected to do life together. That's the only way we can walk out these commands. Sometimes we like to think that these extend to those outside of Christ and they do in that our distinct...

Oswald Chambers once said that prayer is a holy and solitary occupation. I think he was right. Prayer is that space where Heaven and Earth meet. Where the holy and the sinful commune. The prophet Isaiah said it like this “Come now, and let us  reason   together ,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool." (1:18)  If we look at this verse in context (Isaiah 1:16-20) we'll see that God is initiating this conversation and it is God who lays out the terms by which He will accept their services and sacrifices. God opens the door to commune with Him and says if you want me to draw near to you put away sin and  hypocrisy . Do good and keep my commandments. Unless we somehow think this is an Old Testament view and that God has somehow changed, we need only to look to Jesus' Sermon on The Mount (Matthew 5-7), James chapters 1-2 and any of the Epistles written by the ...

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 nd Timothy 2:15 https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-man-reading-a-book-2574616/ In the last session we simply looked at this text, what it was commanding us to do and why. Now I’d like to for us to consider a few practical ways to carry out this command. I have mentioned previously that the best Bible to have is the one that’s going to keep us reading. I also mentioned having a good Study Bible. A good Study Bible will lead you to having a good Bible Study, because large portions of the research have already been done by the editors and scholars. In addition, a good Study Bible will help guide you in a proper way of considering the text. Some other tools to consider would be a lexicon, a complete concordance and another Bible. You should always have at least two copies of the text when you study. This adds depth to your observations....