An Interconnected Network of Love | Out of the Box and Outside the Lines | Pt 6

Every beginning comes from chaos. And then God brings order, an invitation to tend and guard the good. But humanity is quick to take that good order of tending and guarding and move to control. A control that often only benefits a few. In these moments, we often see God thinking out of the box and coloring outside the lines. We see God moving towards liberation. 

In this series we will explore what this pattern | chaos-order-control-liberation | has looked like in the Bible, and how it can inform how we can show up and partner with God in our world today.

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With humility, gentleness, patience, and love, Paul calls upon the church in Ephesus to be ONE. Unity is at the forefront of being a Christ-centered people. So often our world only looks divided, and Christians are often leading the charge of divisiveness. How can that change?

Paul gives us a beautiful aspiration, a vision of what we can be.

Jesus shows us how that takes root in the real world. 

In Matthew 9, Jesus is eating with tax collectors and other 'sinners'. The Pharisees are upset. Then Jesus says they should learn this phrase - I desire mercy and loving kindness, not sacrifice. 

How can this be a model for us? 

How can Jesus be showing us a way to be with one another?

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