We commonly call it "networking". It's tapping in to resources, job possibilities and opportunities through people we know. Obviously the more people we know the greater the possibilities and opportunities. As the old saying goes, it's not so much WHAT you know as WHO you know.
"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." (John 17:3)
This is the ultimate networking. We've tapped in to unlimited potential and possibilities through intimate knowledge of the only true God and Jesus, His sent One. But it's really important that we truly know Whom we claim to know.
We were recently discussing in a Bible study group what the Bible reveals about the one true God and the nature of His Son, Jesus. As we sorted through these things against the backdrop of Christianity's traditional confusing teaching, it became apparent that truth was becoming very real and personal to several in the group. The truth of John 17:3 was becoming a reality, as only the Spirit of God could do.
The greatest battle front in spiritual warfare over the last 2,000 years has been over the nature of our Creator and His Son Jesus and their relationship to each other. That should come as no great surprise because a clear understanding of their fundamental natures set us on the course for intimacy and relationship with them. This truth and relationship forms the basis for the oneness and unity that Jesus so eagerly desires of His followers (John 17:21), and that serves as proof to the world that God has sent Jesus into the world. No wonder this is such a strong battle! The stakes could not be higher.
It is clear to me from the Bible that correct truth - doctrine - must serve the purpose of behavior. An intellectual understanding of the nature Yahweh and His Son Jesus is valuable only so much as it serves as the basis for relationship with them. That relationship them serves as the pattern for family relationships within the body of Christ, and ultimately those relationships are what primarily attract the world to the message we proclaim.
May life-transforming encounters with our Father and His Son Jesus impact others around us even as we are personally impacted.
Steve
"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." (John 17:3)
This is the ultimate networking. We've tapped in to unlimited potential and possibilities through intimate knowledge of the only true God and Jesus, His sent One. But it's really important that we truly know Whom we claim to know.
We were recently discussing in a Bible study group what the Bible reveals about the one true God and the nature of His Son, Jesus. As we sorted through these things against the backdrop of Christianity's traditional confusing teaching, it became apparent that truth was becoming very real and personal to several in the group. The truth of John 17:3 was becoming a reality, as only the Spirit of God could do.
The greatest battle front in spiritual warfare over the last 2,000 years has been over the nature of our Creator and His Son Jesus and their relationship to each other. That should come as no great surprise because a clear understanding of their fundamental natures set us on the course for intimacy and relationship with them. This truth and relationship forms the basis for the oneness and unity that Jesus so eagerly desires of His followers (John 17:21), and that serves as proof to the world that God has sent Jesus into the world. No wonder this is such a strong battle! The stakes could not be higher.
It is clear to me from the Bible that correct truth - doctrine - must serve the purpose of behavior. An intellectual understanding of the nature Yahweh and His Son Jesus is valuable only so much as it serves as the basis for relationship with them. That relationship them serves as the pattern for family relationships within the body of Christ, and ultimately those relationships are what primarily attract the world to the message we proclaim.
May life-transforming encounters with our Father and His Son Jesus impact others around us even as we are personally impacted.
Steve
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