Not Your Interests: A Hard Lesson!

Let each of you look not to your own interests, 
but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus . . .

God Made water the fundamental saving element for us.

Why, because we die!

And . . . we are 57-60% water. We're basically water. And the initial state of the earth, was that it was covered with water. The climactic patterns that drive everything basically have to do with getting water to cycle efficiently throughout the earth.

We receive the water in baptism. This makes us Christ's.

But that's not all! There is still a role we must play. Now . . .

Our belief is ALL that saves us. And God uses water to seal us.

But if we are Christ's, then we have put Him in authority. We need a new attitude. We have the Law and the prophets. We have the Golden Rule. But I love this statement from Paul:

Look to the interests of others . . . not your own!

Wow!!!!

But this is the mind of Christ.

I wonder how many of the world's problems could be solved just by serving others . . . a little bit more? We know that it is impossibly for humans to do this. But in God all things are possible.

I think we could put government relief programs out of work, simply by serving others a little more.