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Spiritual Indigestion

Proverbs 15 is all about the ways and words of the righteous and the wicked.

We covered topics such as:
• Answering wisely
• Prayer
• Sheol & Abaddon
• Disposition & outlook
• What fool’s feed on
• Little is much for the righteous
• Much is little with the wicked
…and many things which are either pleasing or an abomination to the Lord.

All-in-all, Proverbs 15 is full of practical wisdom and truths to unpack and ponder!

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Believer's commission

The believer’s commission

Colossians 3:1-4 is Paul’s encouragement to these Colossian believers so that they might press on to maturity in their faith.

The baton passed from Christ to His church was one of doing the work of the kingdom until He returns. That work has to manifestations.

First is internally, where the believer is daily conformed, more and more into the image of Jesus Christ. This is done by following the lead of the Holy Spirit who encourages us to set our hearts upon Christ rather than on things here on earth.

The second manifestation is externally, where our lives make us light and salt to the world around us due to the transforming work within us. This is what makes us ‘Living Witnesses’ of Jesus on the earth.

All of this is laid down for us in some detail in Romans 8 which we worked through in order to better understand HOW to live out Colossians 3:1-4.

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