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Wednesday, April 23, 2008, St. George, St. Adalbert
Acts 15:1-6, Psalm 122, John 15:1-8
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THE NECESSITY, IMPOSSIBILITY, ANDGRACE OF OBEDIENCE
"If you live in Me, and My words stay part of you, you may ask what you
will — it will be done for you." —John 15:7
We will bear fruit abundantly, that is, we will lead people to Christ, if
we live in Jesus (Jn 15:5). We live in Jesus by obeying His commandments
(see Jn 15:10, 14). Thus, evangelization is a simple matter of obedience
to the Lord.
Although obedience is simple, it's the most difficult thing to do. Adam
and Eve can testify to that. Look at Jesus' "dreadful" obedience on
Calvary. He obeyed even to death on a cross (Phil 2:8). He learned
obedience from what He suffered (Heb 5:8).
Although obedience is difficult, even impossible, "nothing is impossible
with God" (Lk 1:37). His grace is always sufficient (2 Cor 12:9). We face
no temptation for which God does not give us the strength to overcome (1
Cor 10:13). We can always obey. We can't always get our way, accomplish
our goals, overcome problems, be accepted, know what we're doing, feel
good, etc. Many things are beyond our control, but we can always obey and
therefore always bear the fruit of evangelization.
Obeying the Lord is both our problem because it's impossibly difficult and
our power because we can always obey by God's grace. We are privileged to
lead lives "of obedience to Jesus Christ" (1 Pt 1:2) and thereby lead
others to give their lives to Him.
Prayer: Father, may I obey You by submitting to authority.
Promise: "The church saw them off and they made their way through
Phoenicia and Samaria, telling everyone about the conversion of the
Gentiles as they went. Their story caused great joy." —Acts 15:3
Praise: St. George's great faith and trust in God was the catalyst for the
baptisms of many.
(For related teaching, order our leaflet, "Obedience School", or our tape,
"Obeying God", on audio AV 62-3 or video V-62.)
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1, 2008 through May 31, 2008
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, October 23, 2007
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free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
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