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This week, Paul continues to equip us to be better disciple makers within our own church communities

by avoiding the temptation to be a consumer only. Here's this week's Wednesday's

word.

What God has ordained to sanctify his church is both wonderful and sobering.

It is wonderful because he is a jealous and determined God. His work in his people will not fail.

Quote, and I am sure of this that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ, end quote.

Philippians 1-6. But it is also sobering because this sanctifying work follows an

all of my people all of the time model.

No one has been chosen by God just to be a recipient of the redemptive work of his kingdom.

No, everyone who has been chosen to be a recipient has also been commissioned to be an instrument

of the work of that kingdom as well. To bring about the completion of our redemption,

God chooses to use ordinary, messy people to accomplish this extraordinary divine work.

I don't know about you, but if it were up to me, I would rather place my sanctification in the hands of trained ministers and paid professionals.

But that is simply not the biblical model.

Quote, and he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers to equip the saints for the work of the ministry,

for building up the body of Christ,

until we all attain to the unity of the faith

and of the knowledge of the Son of God,

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