LUKE 3-4

John's command to the crowd was to "Produce fruit in keeping with repentance." (vs 8). And that stuck out for me because there's not just God's action of sanctifying us continually, but there's our part where we actively try to produce that fruit. It's a dual action. And it's cool how John points out to the people who bank on "Oh, well I'm Abe's decendant so I'm all good" mentality and he rebukes them by saying that God can raise up children from these stones. So powerful! This shows that human lineage is nothing, and that these people were so narrowminded in just thinking that they were okay.

So two points that helps keep me in check: 1) produce fruit and just don't bank on God's sanctification in me; I must actively do something (e.g. share with those who have none (vs. 11)). 2) Know that I am chosen by His grace, and that the lineage is nothing. That it's by His grace that I'm saved, and not by means of being Abe's decendant.