tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post2784168608519864865..comments2023-05-26T10:55:27.696-04:00Comments on Jc_Freak: Ephesians 1:3-6; A DevotionalJc_Freak:http://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-51771822137193877882009-06-29T07:38:17.598-04:002009-06-29T07:38:17.598-04:00For me that's a simple matter of where we star...For me that's a simple matter of where we start. I think you are right that you can't just be radically transformed by realizing something about God, but when it comes to a single sermon or devotional, or something like that, you're just trying to get people to take one step further from where they already are. It is what happens away from the pulpit that determines how people live it out.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-74166158549488251762009-06-29T06:28:27.480-04:002009-06-29T06:28:27.480-04:00I wonder how much we are expected to think/imagine...I wonder how much we are expected to think/imagine "I am blessed" versus really seeing/experiencing it. This question runs deep for me because I experience a great deal of preaching based on the assumption that if we would only realise this or that about God we would be transformed. The idea being what we need is a Great Realisation which will produce change in us.<br /><br />I just wonder if we don't really need to radically change our lifestyles and follow Jesus (say in Lk 14:13-14) in order to be called "blessed of my Father" (Mt 25:34) and really experience it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com