Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten.
Lewis Mumford (1895-1990, American social philosopher)
Romans 15:14
Now, my brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. (HCSB)
We last spoke of the kind of life that Christ bids us live, a life that overflows, and we will not accomplish that by ourselves, for it takes the power of the Holy Spirit living within us for us to achieve this task. Listen to Paul’s words to the flock in Romans 15:14, he says that he was convinced, (that’s a strong word,) that his brothers were full.
Can others say that about you? We joke about what others are full of, and some words are not kind. People are full of nonsense, full of themselves, full of manure? Then we have a warning from our Savior in Matt 6:22-23,“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness—how deep is that darkness!
Notice that we are full of one thing or another. Why is that? It is because of the tendencies of our flesh. We are always consumed by things, and the devil is there to draw our attention away from the things that would enable us to be full. One of his greatest tools is the eye; he too knows pictures are worth a thousand words, that is why it is so important for us to keep our eyes on Jesus…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Lewis Mumford (1895-1990, American social philosopher)
Romans 15:14
Now, my brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. (HCSB)
We last spoke of the kind of life that Christ bids us live, a life that overflows, and we will not accomplish that by ourselves, for it takes the power of the Holy Spirit living within us for us to achieve this task. Listen to Paul’s words to the flock in Romans 15:14, he says that he was convinced, (that’s a strong word,) that his brothers were full.
Can others say that about you? We joke about what others are full of, and some words are not kind. People are full of nonsense, full of themselves, full of manure? Then we have a warning from our Savior in Matt 6:22-23,“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness—how deep is that darkness!
Notice that we are full of one thing or another. Why is that? It is because of the tendencies of our flesh. We are always consumed by things, and the devil is there to draw our attention away from the things that would enable us to be full. One of his greatest tools is the eye; he too knows pictures are worth a thousand words, that is why it is so important for us to keep our eyes on Jesus…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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