Renew your mind 6pt 7 - Acts 1 disciples in the desert

Описание: 2 Timothy 2:1–2
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

The thinking you need to understand when seeking to be a disciple is captured perfectly in the Bath & Wells tag line ‘living the story and telling the story’. What we need to grasp about Christianity is that it’s not summed up in a set of rules, but in a life lived. As disciples we seek to shape and weave our lives into the story of the world as told in the Bible. Through this we can guide our own actions and performance in a way that tries to be consistent with this story. But to do this there are some crucial components we need to gather.

We must know the story - reading the Bible regularly, getting to know and understand the story and the character of God through Jesus, where have we come from, where are we now, and where is this all headed.

We must live the story - This means trying to live out our lives, in spite of our faults and failures, as someone who would make sense in the context of this story. That would our words and acts, and the story of our walk with God, make sense in the pages of the great tale of creation and redemption that the Bible tells.

We must tell the story - Can we then share this message with other people in a way that allows them to see the reality of God’s love in our lives and in theirs? We should be people who can explain our faith and lead others into a relationship with God.

In doing these things, through the power of the Holy Spirit, we become ‘living stones’, that is part of a living temple to the glory and love of God.