Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

ON VIDEO- [Real Life Corpus- Sunday Mass]

.Dietrich Bonhoeffer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

.Wealth building?

.Monopoly money

.Practical advice for living

.One Body

.He spoke in tongues

.King James bible and Billy Graham story

.Prophecies of Christ in Matthew 2

.Quick Understanding

.What is the local church [according to the bible]

.The globe’s

.Let your life count

Isaiah 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

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This Sunday I went to Real Life Corpus- and talked about some of the verses that Pastor Micah spoke on as well as the verses from the Sunday Mass.

I noticed the readings from the priest [on the radio] were a little different from what I read-

but I taught from both either way.

Pastor Micah spoke from James-

The brevity of our lives

James 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Do we really live with this mindset?

The only lasting thing is the Word of the Lord- and the people who believe in the Word- the gospel- will live forever.

Yes- most of us ‘realize’ this- but do we live our lives with the conscious thought that the stuff around us doesn’t really count for much?

I had an ‘impression’ the other day- I thought what would happen if we died- and then ‘woke up’ and saw all the things we did in this life- the buying and selling and getting gain- what if our eyes were opened and in a moment of time we realized it was all Monopoly money.

Yes- the time spent in making it- teaching others how to make it- maybe an entire life focused around it- and then at the end- it was actually just Monopoly money.

In reality that’s really about as lasting as the real stuff- those who plan their lives around living in this life only-

That’s the context of the verses above-

A few verses down James says it like this-

James 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

James 5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

James 5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

That’s the context.

One of the verses from the mass was found in the writings of Paul-

Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

I actually tried to teach the entire chapter- the verses from the Mass focused more on the end of the chapter-

But the portion above fits in with today’s theme-

Our life here is a vapor- but our life with God- that’s the one that counts.

And if we believe- then we are indeed joined to him now- we are ‘risen with him’ and united with him now.

If so- then we set our affection- our purpose- our mindset on things above, on things that have eternal value.

Paul goes on to contrast the works of the the flesh with the life of the Spirit-

Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him

I talked about community on the video- how if we really see our selves as members of each other- as a true brotherhood in the faith-

Then this will impact the way we see one another in the Christian community.

The ‘local Church’ are indeed the other Christians around you right now-

The believers in your city are part of the Christian community- these were the ‘churches’ Paul penned his letters to.

So we are committed to one another by virtue of the reality that you and I are part of the christian family-

He speaks of this concept in the above passage as well as his other writings-

Ephesians 5:29

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

We are all the Bride of Christ- and as in natural marriage- we have become one flesh- so in this spiritual community we are one Body.

If we truly love one another- we will not harm the other-

Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

I talked more on community than I had planned- but it fit in with the theme of this day.

If we give priority to the kingdom of God- to seek first the kingdom of God-

Then we will live for others more than ourselves.

If we see our brothers and sisters as more important than ourselves- then we will truly fulfil the law of love- the ‘Golden rule’ -

The Golden Rule

12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

English Standard Version (ESV)

Matt 7:12

Paul teaches this in many of his writings- having the mind of Christ-

4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

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Sunday sermon

The Golden Rule

Written by John Chiarello

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