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I am sweating.  Seriously, the thermostat says that it is 80 degrees Fahrenheit and I’m sweating.  So it seems a bit odd to already be starting to think about Christmas, but I’ve been saving for it since practically the beginning of the year.

The Lord has truly blessed this year, and it’s just about time for us to start thinking about what we will be getting those we love this year.

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The New Testament has two big illustrations that it uses for the church.  One of them is the sheep and the shepherd.  The other is the body or bride of Christ.

The Assembly of the Body

The first thing to realize about the body is that God the Father is the one that put it together.  He put them in the body as He saw fit for His purposes.

Why is this radical?  Because we tend to think that we chose a specific church, and we also tend to look at a church as to what I can get out of it, rather than how God can use me in it.

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If you’ve read here for any length of time, you will know that I have many different opinions on boycotts.  Sometimes I have promoted them.  Sometimes I’ve explored it Biblically in context that there is always something sinful being promoted.  Sometimes I’ve used it as a springboard to talk about different topics.  And recently I waded into comments talking about the Boycott on McDonalds.

But should a Christian boycott something sinful?

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At Bob Jones University they do not have fraternities or sororities, but they do have societies—and everyone is a part of one.  I joined one that wasn’t Greek, it was named after a great statesmen: William Jennings Bryan.

Our society verse was Colossians 1:18:

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence.

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Passion is at its most pure when it’s unleashed after remaining pure.  Your love, totally give to another, is one of the strongest bonds in the world.  That’s one of the reasons that your purity is so valuable, and something that should be taken care of so well.

Your purity is something that makes you uniquely you.  I know that’s redundant, but it’s on purpose.  No one else is like you and no one else can give what you can give.

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There’s a famous dilemma that’s called the Chicken and the Egg dilemma. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. It goes, “Which came first, the Chicken or the Egg?”

For the Christian, the answer is simple—the chicken was created with the fouls on day 5.

Inside this discussion, however, is a very important truth. When it comes to the Christian life, God always comes first—then the believer. Yet often we replace the order and wonder why we don’t have the power of God.

Starting Monday I want to look at this truth—that God came first, and see what the Bible has to tell us about living a life that’s in God’s will.