with an AMEN. (Yes, I went there- if that ’ s you then start abiding ). Cut, pain, healing, ahhhh. There are so many people that I know who understand The Way, but presently there’s no real life in them, they ’ve known The Way, they ’ve just buried it in their backyards. When you speak with them, however, they ’ re full of words expressing ‘ their ’ interests, but few words if any expressing ‘ His ’ interests, nor is there a desire to commune about what The Master has spoken, why? Because they ’re not invested in wanting to hear from Him; Again, because they are not abiding. The why of that is covered in the parable of the Sower. And the who of that is covered by the Apostle Paul when referring to his desire to evaluate the Philippians by sending an embassage: Timothy
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“But I trust in The Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state, For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. For ALL seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ ’s.” So, I exhort you toward this state of abiding, which brings us individually into our respective relational postures and eventually into our focused divine callings. Without abiding in Him, we have no life in us, (Amen, preach it ‘ Pastor ’ , emoji, emoji; lol). And it is that life within us that brings us to the operation of faith which is both pleasing to God and is the literal substance* required for us to fulfill our callings and purpose. Now, when we are walking, we should also walk together, not just for communion and fellowship, but for excellence and strength, for consolation, for reproof, for the increase of the body of Christ in love. I am talking about enjoining together with our shared, God birthed life in Christ. And again, of course, we must first be actively IN CHRIST (never can repeat this too often). This enjoining, as we will see in Paul’s ministry , gives us insight into the need or desire for a support system that not only would help the one who enjoins, but also provokes the one enjoined to co-labor with others.
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