Knowledge is power – Francis Bacon, 1597
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. Leonardo DaVinci
Your church doesn’t care how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
“Since you are God’s Son, jump.” The Devil goaded him by quoting Psalm 91: “He has placed you in the care of angels, They will catch you so that you won’t so much as stub your toe on a stone.”
Matthew 4:6 The Message (MSG)
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
James 3:13-18 New International Version (NIV)
When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Matthew 8:18-22 (NIV)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 8-10 (NIV)
Justifying Grace – Aspect of God’s grace where we stop saying NO and say YES to a relationship with Jesus
Sanctifying Grace – Growing in holiness as we get ever closer to resembling the image of God that we were born
WWJD – What Would Jesus Do
WWJHMD – What Would Jesus Have Me Do
WWJNWMTD – What Would Jesus Not Want Me To Do
Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline. Communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.
~The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer