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- Feb1Monday, February 1st • 7:00–7:20 am (CST)Grace Fellowship Church of Overland Park
Overland Park, KS - Daily devo for 2/1/21 Passage: John 15:1-8 - http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/esv/jn15.1-8 How is Jesus "the vine"? What imperatives are we given? How do we follow those imperatives in practice? What are the outcomes? What personal prayer comes from this passage?John 15:1–8English Standard Version“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears...
Colby E. Kinser — Edited
Jesus is "the vine" first in the sense that Israel was supposed to be the vine, but never lived up to it, so Jesus fulfills the OT expectations of Israel. Second, He is where the nutrition is, He is where the unity happens, His business is what the Father is attending to, He alone can produce the fruit, and judgment of the branches is based on one's relationship to Him. The imperatives are to abide in Him and to abide in His Word. Note, we are not commanded to bear fruit. We abide in His Word by knowing it and following it. We abide in Him by drawing our life from Him, doing His will, being busy about His agenda, worshiping Him, following Him. We must never get into following a set of rules, but following a person that we realize we draw our strength from, that our relationship with Him is how the Father will respond to us, that demonstrating that we are His disciples actually does glorify the Father, and that Jesus bearing fruit through us also glorifies the Father. The outcomes are eternal fruit borne through us and glory to the Father. It's really not about us. One personal prayer would be to transform my mind to be more motivated by glorifying the Father than by counting the fruit.
- GF Reading Plan, 1/31/21Daily devo for 1/31/21 Passage: Acts 20:17-38 - http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/esv/act20.17-38 What are all the things about "church" that you can find in this passage? What are some applications for us?Acts 20:17–38English Standard VersionNow from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching
- Daily devo for 1/31/21 Passage: Acts 20:17-38 - http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/esv/act20.17-38 What are all the things about "church" that you can find in this passage? What are some applications for us?Acts 20:17–38English Standard VersionNow from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews; how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, testifying both to...
Colby E. Kinser
Church, according to this passage: - Has elders who need to guard the flock - The church is where the Gospel is proclaimed and spread to others - The church has all peoples as their goal - The church is led by the Spirit - The church is worth tears and sacrifice (and death) - A person's ministry is tied to the purpose of the church - The message of the church is about repentance, faith in Christ, and the Kingdom - The church has wolves within and without, and the pivot point will be the truth of the Gospel in its full, pure form - The church's anchors are the Spirit and the Word - The church prays - The church loves one another The church in 21st C America is seen as optional (talking of the true sense of "church," not just a building with programs). The modern Christian could grow in the area of believing that the church is not an optional part of his or her life. - Jesus purchased the church with His blood
- GF Reading Plan, 1/30/21Daily devo for 1/30/21 Passage: Matthew 28:11-20 - http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/esv/mat28.11-20 This is the second ordinance - we looked at the Lord's Supper in the previous devotional. What do the Lord's Supper and water baptism have in common? What are some key differences between them? We teach that nothing changes about your spiritual status when you get baptized. Why, then, is it important? What is the context of baptism in this passage? React to this statement: "The mission doesn't exist because there is a church - the church exists because there is a mission."Matthew 28:11–20English Standard VersionWhile they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did
- Daily devo for 1/30/21 Passage: Matthew 28:11-20 - http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/esv/mat28.11-20 This is the second ordinance - we looked at the Lord's Supper in the previous devotional. What do the Lord's Supper and water baptism have in common? What are some key differences between them? We teach that nothing changes about your spiritual status when you get baptized. Why, then, is it important? What is the context of baptism in this passage? React to this statement: "The mission doesn't exist because there is a church - the church exists because there is a mission."Matthew 28:11–20English Standard VersionWhile they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has...
Colby E. Kinser
These two ordinances are centered on Jesus and testifying to one's faith and trust in Jesus. They are instituted by Jesus, but they have roots in existing Jewish traditions. They are to be key habits of the church until Jesus returns. But they are different in two key ways (at least): 1) baptism is one-time, whereas the Lord's Supper is repeated and 2) baptism is something you do before the church body and the Lord's Supper is something you do with the church body. Baptism is important because it is a great wordpicture of a major spiritual event that cannot be seen directly. It demonstrates that in several different ways - washing of sin, being placed into, dying with Christ, being raised with Christ. The context of baptism here is the mission of the church to go and make disciples. I agree with the statement that the church exists because the mission exists. The church does not exist for its own purpose. And we could also say what Piper says, that mission exists because worship does not (i.e., because not everyone everywhere worships Christ, there's a mission). Therefore, you could also say that the church exists to increase worship of God around the world.
- GF Reading Plan, 1/29/21Daily devo for 1/29/21 Passage: Matthew 26:26-35 - http://bible.faithlife.com/bible/esv/mat26.26-35 What is the purpose of the Lord's Supper? Describe Peter's (and the other disciples') insistence in terms of the purpose of the Lord's Supper. How has the Lord's Supper affected you as a member of a body of believers in particular?Matthew 26:26–35English Standard VersionNow as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new
- Jan29Friday, January 29th • 7:00–7:20 am (CST)Grace Fellowship Church of Overland Park
Overland Park, KS