NATIVES OR IMMIGRANTS? By Angelina Boots
Text: Luke 2: 41-52
JESUS? Eager to ask questions and listen.
It was NOT His youth but depth of WISDOM that ASTOUNDED the Temple Teachers.
“Then Jesus returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them”, and “HIS MOTHER STORED ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART!”
MARY- “pondered on these things!”
NATIVES- indigenous/ Innate. Local inhabitant of place.
IMMIGRANT- left town country, now lives permanently in another, has official permission to do so. Emigrant/ alien/ displaced/ evacuee.
| Natives | Immigrants |
| Locked in past traditions. | More Kingdom oriented |
| Black or White. | Grey dominates |
| “Yes....BUT? | Yes,....AND? |
| Slow deciders | Fast deciders |
| Threatened by change | Leads change. |
| Linear Thinking | Think on the run. |
| Learn Formally | Learn by doing and discovering. |
| Books | Visual. |
| Against chaos and instability | Lives with chaos, uncertainty and instability. |
Mary and Joseph- Old church- Natives.
Jesus- New church- Immigrants.
Today are you a native or an immigrant?
“THERE ARE NO FUTURE DECISIONS, ONLY PRESENT DECISIONS WITH FUTURE CONSEQUENCES”
We must:
Prepare for change
Promote change
Lead change
A Paradigm shift needed!
Luke 2:19,51; Dan 7:28; Gen 37:11
Heb 13:8-message constant but methods change!
Listen/Ask/Ponder and then CHANGE!
Live in Kingdom culture today and be willing to embrace contradictions.
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