The last week of Selwyn’s studies has one central theme – how to allow Jesus to set your heart on fire, and then how to feed this fire of love so that it grows and does not die out. Today, he speaks to those who were once on fire for our Lord but have lost [...]
Today, Selwyn asks the question – do we have a faith in Jesus that is a blazing fire or is it more like smoulding ashes? His conclusion, summarises his question, well: ” … is your discipleship a million miles away from the daring and wholehearted discipleship of the first-century Christians who were unreservedly obedient to Jesus [...]
I liked Selwyn’s introduction: “We spend another day considering the fact that the fire that falls from heaven is a fire that inflames us (with love), not with extreme fanaticism.” However, he appears to have picked a translation for the 2 Corithians 5:14-15 verses, (the Amplified), which is slightly different to the normal NIV references [...]
I liked the difference that Selwyn highlights between ‘extreme fanaticism’ and God’s righteous fire. He says: ” … Someone who is truly on fire for God will not become so consumed with the cause of Christ that he or she will ignore moral laws – just to see the cause advanced. The fire that falls [...]
It was a nice story that Selwyn recalled in today’s study and I don’t have any comments on it. He is talking about the kind of fire that burns at the heart of political, racial and religious extremism. The main point is that blind, religious extremism is wrong. A good example is that (in my [...]
The text selected by Selwyn for reading and meditation are important because they address a common problem found in many churches – lukewarmness. Keep in mind that these words are addressed to Christians in the church at Laodicea. Revelation 3:14-22 (NIV): “‘To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of [...]
We are coming to a King
Now, Selwyn looks at the next step., ‘which is recognising that giving good gifts to His children is the thing God most enjoys doing. … It is terribly important for you to understand this eagerness of God to give, for if you have doubts about it, you will not come to Him in confidence. Your [...]
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