Monday, January 18, 2016

POST #41: JESUS' SERMON ON THE MOUNT: LIGHT in darkness

This year, our church family theme is IN HIS IMAGE.  
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Each family has been provided a mirror.  There will be a different memory verse, each month, to help us focus on "transforming into HIS IMAGE".  Yesterday, Steve's lesson was on "LIGHT in darkness".  

The apostle John says in 1 John,

"This is the message 
we have heard from HIM 
and announce to you, 
that GOD is LIGHT
and in HIM 
there is no darkness at all."
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"The one who loves his brother 
abides in the LIGHT..." 
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Did you know that at the creation of the world, there was LIGHT before the sun was created?  Read Genesis 1:1-3.
Without the sun, GOD is still LIGHT!
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If you've been going through Jesus' "Sermon on the Mount" with me, I've addressed 7 of the 9 "be-attitudes of JESUS" that HE begins HIS sermon with.  Living out those "be-attitudes" are part of our transformation to live IN HIS IMAGE.  In fact, let's just skip talking about "be-attitudes #8 and #9" for a few days and talk about what comes after the "be-attitudes".  
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That's right!  If we are living the "Blessed Life" (Be-attitudes 1-9), then we will be LIGHT and SALT in a dark and tasteless world. The more we choose to live out the "be-attitudes", the more we are transforming into HIS IMAGE... and the more we are transforming into HIS IMAGE... the more LIGHT we are in this dark world! 


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BLESSED
Oh, the JOY!
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