08
May '17

Notorious Sinners

Posted on May 8, 2017 in BLOG, Uncategorized |

08
May '17
 
As we read The Bible we begin to see how God responds to things. Doing 

daily devotions

 re-patterns the way we think and transforms the spirit of the mind. Then, when we face similar situations as Jesus did, we begin to respond in the same way. 
 

Luke 15: 1 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. 2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!

Michael Yaconelli in his book messy spiritually talks about a group of people that they call themselves “Notorious Sinners” 

because they are unafraid to admit their flaws, unintimidated by Christians who deny their own messiness, these guys sometimes look like pagans and other times look like Jesus. They are spiritual troublemakers, really, which is why they look like Jesus (who was always causing trouble himself)”

 (pg 16)
What a great truth about the notorious sinner group! again I am thinking. I am truly a mess and my spirituality like Yaconelli says, 

“is complex, complicated and perplexing–the disorderly, sloppy, chaotic look of authentic faith in the real world” (Messy Spirituality, page 17).

Living for Christ is the most challenging life we can have, I have no doubt about it. But living as a messy, imperfect, human being in perfect Christian subculture is another challenge we need to overcome.

So, friends grab your Bible-take a few verses at a time and ask: What does it say? What does it mean? And How do I apply it to my life? Pastor Derek
 
Wayne Cordeiro & Mike Yaconelli

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