Thursday, April 13, 2023
Christ is the One Who Changes People
When God said He predestined some for one thing and others for another thing it had nothing to do with salvation. God predestined people for services that they would do. God never predetermined man for salvation, that is some to go to hell and others to go to heaven, this is a gross misinterpretation of the Scriptures.
When we do not understand a passage or principles it is best to go to prayer and trust the Holy Spirit, not make up our own idea about what it could mean. This is how we get into so much heresy, through attempting to figure out what God meant with our own minds rather than seeking the Holy Spirit.
Many people today think sin doesn't matter anymore since Christ paid the price for sin. They will say their sin is covered in the blood. This makes Christ unable to change a heart that doesn't even want sin anymore. Anyone who wants to use the excuse that we can sin all we want because we are under the blood cannot be born again.
I say this because those who have become "contrite" over their sin, contrite meaning crushed under the weight of their sinfulness would never want to continue in sin.
1 John 3:8-10 "…8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.…"
A child of God who was crushed under the weight of their own sin repented and desires to be changed by Christ, this person would never justify or defend sin in themselves or anyone else.
Romans 1:17,18
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith…
Our faith will lead us to the right actions. We are not justified by our actions but we will have the right actions because our faith is justified. Christ changes a born-again believer at the very core of their being, they hate sin and desire for Christ to continue His cleansing throughout their life.
It is not possible to grow in holiness when we pridefully resist correction.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
Those who refuse to endure correction and who defend sin as a right, are likely not born-again.
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