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September 12, 2022 Jesus with the powerful.
Jesus and the powerful. Whilst it is true that Jesus spent the majority of
his time with the poor, the downtrodden and the marginalized, it is not
true that he was therefore against the powerful, influential or rich.
Indeed he welcomes powerful people to himself, receives support from the
rich, and those who follow him instruct us to pray for our leaders. What he
does stand against though, is all forms of pride - religious, social,
economic and self-related. Because pride is a barrier to entry into his
kingdom of life. Humility is the only way in. Godly humility looks like
Jesus. It is neither self-denial, nor self-aggrandizement. Rather it is an
acceptance of our gifts and talents, and a receiving of God’s honor towards
us - and a submission of our self and our ability to use in his kingdom.
By Ed Flint
44 min
September 11, 2022 Jesus With The Powerful
Jesus and the powerful. Whilst it is true that Jesus spent the majority of
his time with the poor, the downtrodden and the marginalized, it is not
true that he was therefore against the powerful, influential or rich.
Indeed he welcomes powerful people to himself, receives support from the
rich, and those who follow him instruct us to pray for our leaders. What he
does stand against though, is all forms of pride - religious, social,
economic and self-related. Because pride is a barrier to entry into his
kingdom of life. Humility is the only way in. Godly humility looks like
Jesus. It is neither self-denial, nor self-aggrandizement. Rather it is an
acceptance of our gifts and talents, and a receiving of God’s honor towards
us - and a submission of our self and our ability to use in his kingdom.
44 min
September 05, 2022 Jesus with sinners.
Sin is everyone’s favorite word, but i’m not always sure we have the right
spin on it. Sin is all the ways in which we’re not orientated towards the
loving ways of God’s kingdom. We’re all caught up in those all the time,
but ‘obedience’ to his ways changes its meaning entirely when we learn to
come back to the love.
By Hannah Flint
33 min
September 04, 2022 Jesus With Sinners
Sin is everyone’s favourite word, but i’m not always sure we have the right
spin on it. Sin is all the ways in which we’re not orientated towards the
loving ways of God’s kingdom. We’re all caught up in those all the time,
but ‘obedience’ to his ways changes its meaning entirely when we learn to
come back to the love.
33 min
August 29, 2022 Jesus with the demonized.
It’s easy to go to extremes in our beliefs about supernatural evil - some
become unhealthily obsessed, whilst others can dismiss its existence
entirely. In order to be true to the New Testament we must acknowledge both
that the demonic exists, but also that this doesn’t now mean all our
problems are the result of demons. In fact demonization tends to be
relatively rare. When someone is being delivered from the demonic, it is
very obvious, so we don’t need to search for demons, demons, everywhere! We
can relax!
What Jesus’ deliverance ministry does remind us though is that we live in
the midst of a battle. The devil will use anything - the brokenness of our
parents, our religious leaders, our friends and fellow believers, and
especially ourselves - to steal the life from us. But Jesus is victorious
over it all. He is the one who sets us free from all the pain of the past.
Let us allow him to be the king of his kingdom and welcome his deliverance
from the old and his welcome into the new.
By Ed Flint
40 min
August 28, 2022 Jesus With The Demonized
It’s easy to go to extremes in our beliefs about supernatural evil - some
become unhealthily obsessed, whilst others can dismiss its existence
entirely. In order to be true to the New Testament we must acknowledge both
that the demonic exists, but also that this doesn’t now mean all our
problems are the result of demons. In fact demonization tends to be
relatively rare. When someone is being delivered from the demonic, it is
very obvious, so we don’t need to search for demons, demons, everywhere! We
can relax!
What Jesus’ deliverance ministry does remind us though is that we live in
the midst of a battle. The devil will use anything - the brokenness of our
parents, our religious leaders, our friends and fellow believers, and
especially ourselves - to steal the life from us. But Jesus is victorious
over it all. He is the one who sets us free from all the pain of the past.
Let us allow him to be the king of his kingdom and welcome his deliverance
from the old and his welcome into the new.
40 min
August 22, 2022 Jesus with His Genté.
Jesus’ hometown people would have known him and watched him grow. They had
a shared experience of agricultural living under foreign rule so when Jesus
makes the announcement of Kingdom, his genté (people) would’ve expected
nothing less than special favors and treatment from the local teacher.
We’re not immune from this. We may often face temptation to fit Jesus into
our designs and cubes as well as make special demands from him. In doing
so, we miss the exciting and redemptive truth that it’s not us who fit God
into our designs, He’s the one who fits us into his unfolding story or
renewal. The new community of Jesus, His new genté, are those who are open
to the presence and activity of the Spirit. This is who we are. So let us
surrender to the Spirit and the renewal that he wants to bring both in our
lives and the world around us.
By Raul Sandoval
37 min
August 21, 2022 Jesus With His Genté
Jesus’ hometown people would have known him and watched him grow. They had
a shared experience of agricultural living under foreign rule so when Jesus
makes the announcement of Kingdom, his genté (people) would’ve expected
nothing less than special favors and treatment from the local teacher.
We’re not immune from this. We may often face temptation to fit Jesus into
our designs and cubes as well as make special demands from him. In doing
so, we miss the exciting and redemptive truth that it’s not us who fit God
into our designs, He’s the one who fits us into his unfolding story or
renewal. The new community of Jesus, His new genté, are those who are open
to the presence and activity of the Spirit. This is who we are. So let us
surrender to the Spirit and the renewal that he wants to bring both in our
lives and the world around us.
37 min
August 15, 2022 Jesus with the sick.
Jesus and the sick. In order to fully experience the life we are intended
for we need all of the fullness of Jesus. That means not just receiving his
teaching, not just receiving the consequences of his death and
resurrection, but also receiving his power and coming under his lordship.
Throughout the gospel of Luke Jesus is shown to have authority over death
and disease. Everyone is eligible for his healing; it is a natural overflow
from his compassion for all people; and it exists as we exercise our faith.
The more we trust that he is who he says he is, the more we will see him be
true to his promises. At bread we believe we’re being called into more
maturity as a community. Maturity means growing in the things of Jesus, all
predicated on growing in our faith in him.
By Ed Flint
45 min
August 14, 2022 Jesus With The Sick
Jesus and the sick. In order to fully experience the life we are intended
for we need all of the fullness of Jesus. That means not just receiving his
teaching, not just receiving the consequences of his death and
resurrection, but also receiving his power and coming under his lordship.
Throughout the gospel of Luke Jesus is shown to have authority over death
and disease. Everyone is eligible for his healing; it is a natural overflow
from his compassion for all people; and it exists as we exercise our faith.
The more we trust that he is who he says he is, the more we will see him be
true to his promises. At bread we believe we’re being called into more
maturity as a community. Maturity means growing in the things of Jesus, all
predicated on growing in our faith in him.
45 min