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Jesus is speaking in John 15:12 and has said, "This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you."
For myself, I would measure the amount I give by the amount of fruit my offering could purchase for refreshments and fellowship coffee. But clearly the blood of the slain Lord did not become offerings for the altar, the matter of factliness about it is that my spiritual fruit comes from being called a friend by the Lord, that because I am not against him that I am called to share this blessing in a reworked image.
I am as an unworked block of pottery clay, not stubborn and thoughtless like a passover lamb. The body of Christ was never meant to be treated like a soulless head of livestock, but he takes down the shroud of death and looks over the shoulder of God the Father in majesty. I will be his make and model, chosen to be tasked with buying refreshments and being in fellowship.
This is because I am not a vineyard slave. It is because I am asked to be disciplined in his Word, called a friend by he.
For myself, I would measure the amount I give by the amount of fruit my offering could purchase for refreshments and fellowship coffee. But clearly the blood of the slain Lord did not become offerings for the altar, the matter of factliness about it is that my spiritual fruit comes from being called a friend by the Lord, that because I am not against him that I am called to share this blessing in a reworked image.
I am as an unworked block of pottery clay, not stubborn and thoughtless like a passover lamb. The body of Christ was never meant to be treated like a soulless head of livestock, but he takes down the shroud of death and looks over the shoulder of God the Father in majesty. I will be his make and model, chosen to be tasked with buying refreshments and being in fellowship.
This is because I am not a vineyard slave. It is because I am asked to be disciplined in his Word, called a friend by he.
