so we are now in our final week of an eight week series at church…days of vision…go here for some great resources and to see what we have been up too…
this week’s reading is dealing with how we can be “in” the world, without being “of” the world…and we were challenged with the question of how that is even possible for us…also how would we explain that to someone so that they can actually understand it…here is the passage that we are looking at…
john 17:14-18…14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
Christ is sending us in to the world, as God the Father sent Him into the world…but we are not to be of the world, just as He was not of the world…
Christ was definitely IN the world…He got into messy situations and involved with people who had messy lives…never did He completely seclude Himself for the world or its influences (with the exception of getting away to pray)…but yet He was never of the world…
i have my theory on how that looks and how i would explain it to someone…but i would like to hear feedback from others…how would you explain it??? how do you see it working???
i’ll be back in the next day or two to follow up on what my take is…
in or of…?
