Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Do you have a mind for others?
Do you have a similar mind as others?
Do you have the mind of Another?
Do you have the mind of Christ?

For these are the THINGS THAT COUNT. 
Listen LESS THAN 7 minutes as Paul counts a few things NEGATIVELY, and some precious things POSITIVELY.  It is indeed NEW MATH. New Spiritual math.

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We are not the first generation of Christianity.  We are probably not going to be the last. 

QUESTION: How will we get the next generation of Christians ready for getting the generation after them ready for getting the generation after them ready for getting the generation after them ready?  

ANSWER: Paul and Timothy. Listen 7 minutes to the charge for the multi-generational church. It is a mutually encouraging relationship. It is the model for serving the church now and after you go to heaven. Find such a person or two. Honor them, see them, write to them, serve them. Take 'em to lunch.

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Let's watch our tongues, as they betray the condition of our hearts.
Let's watch our grip. That is, our fixed, stayed on attention to the Word
Let's watch our JOY. I joy. And, I joy in you. BTW, you should be joying and rejoicing in me.

All these reigning-ins please the Lord.  And remember from yesterday, what He asks, He will help us do. So, let's remember.

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It is fun to know that something you are doing pleases God. Today, we have that assurance in our passage because He flat out tells us this is something He desires.
WORK out your salvation as God WORKS in you.  His fingerprints are all over this.

• what He asks of us...This He will help us do
• where He asks us to go...There He will be
• when He asks us...Then He will meet
• when I/we work...Then He is PLEASED

Join me for a 7 minute listen today to hear about something that is pleasing to God. Then come back for another listen tomorrow at bewithme.us or Google Podcasts.

God highly exalts Jesus. On one hand, it seems weird. On the other, perfectly reasonable. Jesus should be being exalted.  Nobody disagrees with the rightness of His worship, not even the other Persons of the Godhead.

Teaching point: If God thinks this worthy; thinks JESUS WORTHY to exalt, then we best follow the Father's lead.  We should be exalting.  

Today, many disagree with elevating Jesus even to the point of misusing His name disrespectfully. In the end, every knee will bow. Every single one. Join me for 7 minutes today as we agree with God and exalt Jesus. Agree tomorrow by signing up at bewithme.us or Apple Podcasts.

Jesus comes on a rescue mission to humanity by becoming human.  To do so, He lays aside a few things to squeeze into human form.

He comes all the way down to poverty, hunger, work, bodily limitation and even death.  Why? Because this is the only way that we could "hear" Him.  The rescue required the humiliation, the humanity and the humbleness.  

May the good Lord forgive, but we'll use a story about ANTS to try and illustrate this high theology concept. Please listen 7 minutes today and then tomorrow by leaving an email at bewithme.us or Apple Podcasts. 

Paul has a wonderful description of people of the church that we might say, "I have you in my HEART." 2000 years ago, the description was IMHO slightly better: "I have you in my BOWELS. You are in my GUTS.  I carry you in my VISCERA." It is a wonderful, memorable description of the church.

How did we get there?  What lies at the foundation of the warmth of carrying people around inside your intestines? Spoiler alert: It is people who borrow the mind of Christ. 

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We are going to need to be of ONE MIND. Why? Because things are going to be tough.  There is going to be stuff that tries to knock us off our standing; circumstances will be scary; there will be some suffering. Being a Christian is not for sissies.

We are to be standing shoulder to shoulder with others, contending together like one big army.  Who are our compatriots? Those of like-mindedness.  They are those who agree with us on the fundamentals of belief.  They are those who hold to the faith.

They are those of whom we are of ONE MIND. listen 7 minutes and please subscribe for tomorrow.

If you are in need of strength today, listen these 7 minutes for encouragement to

• MAN-UP in life/death situations
• MAN-UP in effort
• MAN-UP in posture
• MAN-UP together
• MAN-UP in attitude
• MAN-UP in suffering
• MAN-UP in conflict

Be of good cheer. He has given the believer everything he/she needs to MAN-UP/WOMAN-UP!
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In desperate circumstances, Paul prioritizes the HONOR OF CHRIST. If that is in life here, then he will face it with FULL COURAGE. He MAN-UPs; he doesn't GIVE UP, he GETS UP.

But that is his 2nd choice. His first is to "DIE". That's right, Paul wants to "die". You can only do this with excellent theology.  That is, no one you know here will ever die.  Everyone you know will live forever. Everyone goes on living either WITH HIM there in heaven or goes on living WITHOUT HIM in hell.

If he lives, then he Man-ups, doesn't give up and gets up with full courage.
If he "dies", then it is BETTER, it is great Gain, it is Being With Him.

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