1 - Introduction - Living like a real Christian Idolatry - The Sin Beneath The Sin

Friday Read the Scripture verses which accompany these practices. Practice 6—SharingOne Another’s Beliefs, Thinking, and Spirituality • Colossians 3 v 16 – “Teach and admonish one another” • Ephesians 5 v 19 – “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs” • Romans 12 v 16 – “Live in harmony with one another” •1 Corinthians 1 v 10 – “Agree with one another” This is all about developing unity of mind and heart in the gospel. Christians are called to study and teach the Bible to one another, to pray and sing God’s praises with one another. All of this has the effect of creating unity of belief and heart in the gospel. Ephesians 4 v 14–16 says we are not “blown here and there by every wind of teaching… Instead, speaking the truth in love…the whole body [is] joined and held together.” We are not simply to study the Bible as individuals; we are to read and argue and study the Bible together to come to deeper unity of faith and to consensus about how to be the people of God in our particular time and place. We are to read the Bible together until it shapes us as a distinct community. Notes on specific texts: • When Paul urges us to “teach and admonish one another with all wisdom” (Colossians 3 v 16), the verbs are to “instruct” and to “cha ???????t????q????????t?Q???)??????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????+?q?????????????????t??????????????????%???????????????????)?????????????????????????????]???????????????????????????]??????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????? ????????????????????????????????????????) ?????????A?????(??]???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????]????]???????)?????????????????????????????????????]????]??????????????????)??????(??%??????????9?????A??????9??I????? ???? ???????????+?aQ??????????????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????) ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????]????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????d((

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