The Bible says that we were called with a hope. The same way a farmer plants seeds he does so with a hope. The farmer hopes to make a crop and that his seed produces fruit. Our God plants His own seed in us, with the hope that we produce fruit. That fruit has the seed in it for more production. So you see God's hope does stop with what that seed will do in your, but then in turn when someone taste your fruit and sees how good God is, that some of that new seed will be sown in them. That is how the "good news" has spread from the days of Christ until today.
What exactly is that hope God planted in you? That Christ would be formed in you. That you would grow up into Him in all things. That the Mystery of the gospel would be made known in you, that being, Christ and you married become one flesh. This goes so far beyond "religion" that I find it hard to believe it has not been realized by His people. It stead of a bunch of rules, it has become a life. Instead of pretending, it is a reality in us, that the Living God lives in us. I have stopped "trying" to be a Christian, and simply allow Him to live out His life in me. How? Reckon myself dead, and Him alive in me. That is the hope of His calling, Christ in me the hope of glory.
Drawing a straight line,
Billy and Jan WellsSan Antonio, TX http://www.bountyhunt.com/
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