As I've been reflecting on the sermon and passage, something began to jump out to me. All of the things Paul is talking about becoming, slave/free/man/woman/Jew/Greek/weak, are all acceptable. Even when Paul talks about the Law, he never acts in contradiction to the law, he only operates outside of its boundaries.
What implications does this have for us, then? What does it look like to go outside of the "rules" and still follow them? I suppose if I had the answer to this question I'd be awesome (or famous). But I'm sure that walking in Paul's shoes requires that we begin to understand the heart of Christ with more clarity.
This means loving first and asking questions second. It means we put our agenda on the back burner and listen to the stories of others. And it requires much from us; we must be so in love with Jesus that we are not seduced into the lifestyle of those we are loving.
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This makes me want to have a chat with you, and not a phone chat. I miss our conversations. Ho hum.
I did this passage for Sunday school and we used the Bullhorn Nooma. We talked about loving with an agenda and what that means and the good and bad things about bullhorn guy. We also mentioned that putting down the bullhorn doesn't mean that we have nothing to say. Becoming all things to all people means that we might need to put our bullhorns down and our agendas on the back burner to really love our neighbors and that we might win some.
Funny we had the same thoughts. I also miss our conversations.
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