POR EL PASTOR ADRIAN ROGERS ESCRITURA: «Jesús le dijo: Levántate, toma tu lecho, y anda» (Juan 5:8). TESORO BÍBLICO: En los evangelios leemo...
POR EL PASTOR ADRIAN ROGERS
ESCRITURA:
«Jesús le dijo: Levántate, toma tu lecho, y anda» (Juan 5:8).
TESORO BÍBLICO:
En los evangelios leemos acerca de un hombre que por 38 años languideció junto a un estanque, con la esperanza de que alguien lo metiera en ese estanque cuando las aguas se agitaban, para poder sanarse (vea Juan 5:1-9). Él esperaba su turno, pero siempre alguien se le ponía al frente. ¿Cuál fue la respuesta de Jesús? «Hijo, no tienes que esperar turno. “Levántate, toma tu lecho, y anda”».
Suponga que un hombre haya estado esperando su turno, por 38 años, para comprar entradas para ver la Copa Mundial de fútbol, y un amigo viene y le dice: «Tengo dos entradas para asientos de primera. ¡Te invito!».
Si se sale de la línea, está poniendo toda su confianza en las palabras de su amigo quien le asegura tener asientos preferenciales. ¿Sabe lo que muchos haríamos? Queremos hacer provisión para nuestra carne, queremos mantener nuestro puesto en la línea. Jesús dice: «DEJA TODO ATRÁS».
PUNTO DE ACCIÓN:
¿A qué se está aferrando en su vida, que Dios quisiera que renuncie, para que pueda vivir la vida por la cual Él murió para dársela? ¿No se le ocurre nada? Tal vez no hay nada, por aquello de las dudas, ¿por qué no pasa unos minutitos a solas con Dios, hablando al respecto?
Bendiciones familia.
Finding Unity Within Diversity
By Adrian Rogers, Aug 30, 2024
PRAY OVER THIS:
“For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.”...
(Romans 12:4-5)
PONDER THIS:
What goes into assembling a jury for a trial? Typically, the desire is to assemble a group of people who can come together to give a verdict on the decision in question. That’s what our Lord did when He took the apostles. These apostles had been with our Lord for three years: They lived with Him. They walked with Him. They were companions. They ate together. They fellowshipped together.
They were not the type of jury you would expect. John was a young man. He was a visionary. He was sort of a philosopher type. Simon Peter was the opposite of John, a big, hardworking fisherman. Then there was Simon the Zealot. He was a political activist. And then there was Matthew the tax collector. Matthew had sold out to the Roman government. Many thought of him as a turncoat.
Can you imagine having Simon and Matthew on the same jury and trying to ask them to reach a unanimous verdict about anything? All these men had different backgrounds, viewpoints, ideals, and ideas but they all agreed on one thing: what they witnessed in Christ. We are to function the same way today as the Church.
What are some of the differences between you and some others in your congregation? How do you overcome those differences in Christ?
How have you seen God work through differences to bring Himself glory?
PRACTICE THIS:
Think about someone in your church you struggle relating to. Pray Christ’s blessing on that person and seek unity in Christ.
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