At CTV we believe that God speaks to us through the Bible. We hear from God better when we read and interact with his written word together. Below you will find the Bible reading for each week day, along with some initial comments from one of our facilitators. May God meet and shape us through this conversation! Visit us online @ ChurchInTheVineyard.org ~ Pastor Chip
God’s heart, human resistance. John 3:16-21 is essential stuff if we are to get our heads around the idea of salvation. God loves us, wants to rescue us from perishing, sends his son, and offers light to all who believe. That’s the God part, but then there’s the human part.
People love their deal in the dark. People like us, don’t want God to expose the self-centered and self-destructive nature or our behaviors—we clutch our evil deeds.
When we aren’t ready to believe, Jesus’ teaching here shows us why. What implications does this have? What does it say regarding how we should approach our struggles to believe and the struggles of those we know and love?
Then when we fast forward through John, and see that Jesus sends us the way the father sent him (John 20:21), how could the going, sacrificing, non-condemning way of Jesus shape your sense of purpose for daily life?
God’s heart, human resistance.
ReplyDeleteJohn 3:16-21 is essential stuff if we are to get our heads around the idea of salvation. God loves us, wants to rescue us from perishing, sends his son, and offers light to all who believe. That’s the God part, but then there’s the human part.
People love their deal in the dark. People like us, don’t want God to expose the self-centered and self-destructive nature or our behaviors—we clutch our evil deeds.
When we aren’t ready to believe, Jesus’ teaching here shows us why. What implications does this have? What does it say regarding how we should approach our struggles to believe and the struggles of those we know and love?
Then when we fast forward through John, and see that Jesus sends us the way the father sent him (John 20:21), how could the going, sacrificing, non-condemning way of Jesus shape your sense of purpose for daily life?