Guelph Vineyard Church

The ResistanceWe're stepping into 2021 asking four questions:What to embrace?What to resist?What to test?What to trust?This episode we are going to consider what to resist, as always looking to the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit, and our own heart's desire to lead us.We are wired for resistance. The instant a child discovers that they have a will, the propensity to resist becomes crystal clear. There is a deep rooted understanding in the human experience that knows that not all things are as they should be, and there our resistance begins. We may disagree, often vehemently, about what should be resisted, but that there are things in the world that should be opposed, we are agreed. So then, what does it look like to resist "like Jesus"? What does God resist? Well, thankfully, the scriptures do a pretty good job of getting us started on that path by relaying a story about the resistance of God. It involves Jesus, a serpent, a desert and some bread. Oh yeah, and a very empty stomach.