Question Answer Series [56]: What are the stages of the Christian life?

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If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away Mat 21:3

Background: Scripture shares that before entering Jerusalem for Passover week, Jesus and his disciples stopped at Bethphage, near the Mount of Olives. Jesus gave specific and detailed instructions to two disciples. He told them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.” (Matthew 21:1-3).

When Jesus requested a donkey to be brought to Him, Jesus was preparing to fulfill the prophecy. Donkeys were portrayed in Scripture as symbols of service, humility, suffering, and peace. Therefore, riding a donkey symbolized the arrival of peace.

Lesson: What are the stages of the Christian life? – we all start with the call from the Lord, which leads to transformation, a transformed life through witnessing, witness always brings glory to Jesus, and in the journey of transformed witnessing, the Lord provides.

  • Call: The Lord needed a donkey, and the donkey and colt were let go, when disciples said the Lord needed them. Do we realize our savior needs us? 
  • Transformation: The donkey had a glorious walk to Jerusalem on olive branches and cloaks because Jesus was on the donkey. The donkey did not become a horse to walk in glory, the only difference was, that the untied donkey had Jesus on top. Once Jesus has come down, it is the old unnoticed donkey.
  • Witness: Jesus needed only the donkey, but the colt was also untied. It does not matter who you are, all that matters; is that the world sees Jesus who you are carrying. 
  • Glory: Is the spotlight on Jesus? People sang for Jesus, not for the donkey, and never took the glory. Jesus is looking for an available donkey not the ability of the donkey. We need to be His donkey.
  • Provision: Jesus knew where the donkey was, what was the state, who was with the donkey, and who would stop the deliverance. The donkey had no clue of any of these things. Why are we worrying, when our Lord knows every minute detail about us?

“When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and crushes him.”  – Alan Redpath

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