{"id":131,"date":"2018-11-06T16:41:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T00:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=131"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:40:53","slug":"organic-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/organic-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"
Organic Christians<\/span><\/div>\n

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Key Passage<\/strong>:\u00a0I Corinthians 2:2:\u00a0For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Key Thought<\/strong>: Organic Christians grow from a soil rich in the nutrients they need to thrive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Scripture:<\/b>\u00a01 Corinthians 2:2, 1 Peter 2:1-3, Colossians 1:10-12, Ephesians 4:14-16<\/p>\n

Idea:<\/b>\u00a0Organic Christians develop with no growth hormones, nothing artificial no additives.<\/p>\n

Story:<\/b>\u00a0Organic produce and other food items are becoming more popular by the day.\u00a0People are beginning to see that the fastest way to make the biggest and most perfect looking vegetables and fruit and meat may not be the healthiest way.\u00a0Many are returning to the old school ways of growing from soil rich in nutrients and protected from artificial enhancements.\u00a0If we want to be the healthiest Christians, we must also return to the simple and proven methods of growing into Christ.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Organic Christians use no growth hormones.<\/b>\u00a0If someone had written the book\u00a060 Seconds to a Relationship with Christ<\/em>\u00a0many of us would be tempted to read it.\u00a0The process of growing to know and be more like Christ can be a lifelong experience.\u00a0There is no quick fix or magic powder.\u00a0We come to know him by spending time with him and reading his word.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Organic Christians have nothing artificial.<\/b>\u00a0Because of the text that tells us to \u201cbe perfect, therefore, as your Father in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48),\u201d some Christians have decided to adopt a perfect facade.\u00a0If they look good on the outside then everything must be OK.\u00a0But we don\u2019t grow if we can\u2019t face our weaknesses and our sorrows and our struggles.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Organic Christians use no additives.<\/b>\u00a0There are so many biblical debates that we can find our-self caught up in, but Paul told us to simply focus on Christ and Him crucified.\u00a0All the rest is just added on top.\u00a0 Things grown organically offer many challenges\u2014pests, weather, disease\u2014but through each difficulty, lessons are learned.\u00a0And have you tasted an organic tomato lately? They don\u2019t taste like water! It\u2019s worth all the hard work.
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Organic Christians Key Passage:\u00a0I Corinthians 2:2:\u00a0For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.\u00a0\u00a0 Key Thought: Organic Christians grow from a soil …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}