The God Of Possibilities: The “Po-Po” Principle

Recap of 3/7/2011:
“Who Do I Say That I Am?” was the question we started to unpack last week. Jesus said we would do the “same work” as He did (John 14:12 (MSG)). This is a BIG challenge to our mind and response to this thing we call “christianity”. Our default mindset is that we are not able to do what God calls us to do, however, scripture says otherwise! Our examination of 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 and the reality of “strongholds” demonstrated that our response to arguments, pretensions, and warped philosophies which set themselves against the Truth of Jesus Christ is to Believe the Truth by aligning every thought and emotion and impulse to the Truth. Jesus said that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6). In the near future we will revisit the concept brought out in this scripture described in The Message version: “fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ.” You have a unique structure of life that God wants, rather “needs”, you to live for Him. Are you up to it?


For 3/14/2011:
Brief: The “Po-Po” Principle may be new to some as we prospect scripture this week. Yes, I know “po-po” has other slang overtones, but I wanted to use the term for this reason: when an influential authority shows up on the scene, things change … and that’s what the Truth of God does, it changes things. There is a fundamental error in thinking when it comes to the way we live and walk out our life with Jesus. The “put off, put on” principle will help us understand more about this as we shine light onto the deception of lust and desires.

Homework
Please consider sharing your personal discovery of your “Stronghold”, “Sentencing”, and “Salvation” based on the scriptural truth found in 2 Corinthians 10:3-6.

Truth And Dare!
For each of the following scriptures answer the following questions:

• Who is this speaking to?
• What is being said here?
• Where and When does this take place?
• How is it done?
• Why do I care?

1. Ephesians 4:13-16 (NLT)
2. Ephesians 4:30-32 (NLT)
3. Ephesians 5:6-10 (MSG)
4. Ephesians 5:11-14 (MSG)
5. Ephesians 5:1-2 (MSG)
    

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
-- L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) --