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Rule of Life
The last way it can be translated is trellis. Allows life to flourish for grapevines, but without it the grapes have nowhere to go and die off. Same goes with our life of faith. We need a trellis to help our spiritual lives flourish, or we will get stuck. This is a way to help us have structure and organization that abides in the True Vine. Limitations actually lead to freedom, growth and joy. The rule of life is not meant to be a set of rules and legalism but a way of grace and effort to learn how to embrace the identity and lifestyle of Jesus.
From Hurry to Unhurry
When something looks enticing like sex, pornography, cheating, getting drunk, going with the greed to gain money and status, it often leaves us empty. But, if we we would seek the self-control Jesus gives to us, we have a wall of defense against the darknesses of this world.
Self-control is the believer’s wall of defense against the sinful desires that wage war against the soul. If we want to be like Christ, and be full of self-control, then what that means is adopting the mindset of Christ.
What is Becoming Like Jesus?
The Sermon on the Mount is one of the set of teachings from whom the 12 disciples would call Rabbi Jesus. We know Him as Messiah Jesus. In becoming like their master, and Savior, the disciples would have devoted themselves to internalizing this message into the core of who they were.