Walking with God featuring Dr. Scott Fenton Scott Fenton

As the body of Christ, 

we belong to one another;

we serve one another;

we forgive one another;

we submit to one another;

we encourage one another;

we accept one another;

we teach one another;

we greet one another;

we honor one another;

we fellowship with one another;

we build up one another.

And appropriately we crown the series this Easter Sunday with the greatest one another commandment of all: we love one another!

There is nothing greater in life than salvation and there is no greater work of God than the saving of a soul. I still remember that night in the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma when as a seventeen-year-old senior in high school my heart was arrested by Christ and I was born again.

Although God was the author of that work, and even though it was a supernatural and glorious work, it was simply the start, the beginning. God is building something bigger and better in me; and He wants to do the same in you.

All too often we are like counterfeit currency. We have the look and the language down pat but we are missing an indispensable element of truth, light, purity. And so, our fellowship with God is compromised and our ability to connect meaningfully and deeply with others is compromised as well. Without light, intimacy shrivels and dies.

How did you grow up and what traditions etched the importance of respect upon you? A respect-less society is doomed to destruction and a respect-less life is doomed to disfunction.

At the heart of biblical Christianity is a commandment that takes respect to the highest level of application.

Here it is: respecting God translates to the discipline of respecting all people, always.

Greetings are ingrained in the biblical stories. The celebration greeting that Adam gave Eve is iconic. The reconciliation greeting that Esau gave Jacob is heartwarming. The intercession greeting that Epaphras gave the church at Colossae is inspirational. The recognition greeting that Joseph gave his brothers is convicting.

Greetings can also be used for irreparable hurt and damage. The greeting Cain gave Abel was lethal. The greeting Nabal gave David’s men was despicable. The greeting Judas gave Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane was treacherous.

As Solomon so wisely said, “The tongue has the power of life and

death . . . .”

It is not possible to be a true disciple if you are not teachable; coachable; eager to receive instruction and absorb insight. It is one thing to be attentive and responsive to Jesus as our Lord and Master, but did you know that one of the most powerful means of discipleship is teaching one another?