God Does All the Work in Us!!!!

We do works because we are born-again and love to please God,

not for salvation.

If someone doesn't want to become holy and grow emotionally and spiritually mature, I have to question if they are born-again.

Sloppy grace is no grace at all. Grace empowers us to live as Christ lived. We do not work for our salvation and Christ puts the works in our hearts, we don't even have to work that up, we only have to submit to Him.

Romans 6:14-16 "14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?…"

When we offer ourselves as obedient slaves then God is the One Who begins the work in us, He provides the circumstances and places a compulsion in our hearts. All the work is His, all we have to do is want Him to do it.

Reject the Modern Mantras that Weaken Your Witness!!!

When we know that all that is happening in the world today is prophesied we need not be sad or upset about it.

If we were dropped in a foreign country by God's will, do we pay any attention to the politics of that country? I wouldn't because I would be there to bring the gospel to the lost.

Politics becomes irrelevant when Christ is our focus and purpose. I am convinced we are living at the end of the end when the remnant of believers is very small.

We can no longer influence the culture or the nation as a whole with the gospel, our thrust now must be individuals God places in our path.

We are living in a post-Christian culture now, there are few who care about Christ, and many if not most are hostile to the word of God, even those attending church gatherings.

Anyone who wants to search the Bible for the truth about everything will be ignored and even mocked.

Until the Lord sees fit to take me out of the world my focus will be on Christ and the gospel.

I am so thankful we are going home soon, either by the rapture or our deaths. On my deathbed, I hope there will be a smile on my lips and a song in my heart. Hallelujah!!!!

Unsaved people do not have the hope and joy that we have. They cannot understand the expectation of heaven even in the worst of times, as we have continually.

We know unsaved people do not understand us because everything they desire and do is based on their feelings and this world. When someone focuses on feelings and the world around them, they will not do the heroic things that cause pain for themselves. Avoiding hardship and pain is everything to the unbeliever.

However, for the believer hardship and pain cause emotions but are irrelevant, the important thing is doing what God wants us to do and growing in holiness because of our difficulties. Without difficulties, we do not grow to become wise and strong.

In our world today many adults are simple-minded, emotional, and lacking in good sense. They are this way because they live according to their emotions and feelings.

Adrian Rogers said it just right when he said this; "emotions are the shallowest part of our being."

Those who follow emotions will be weak and beggarly doing the wrong thing often believing they did the right thing because they believe their emotions.

If Christ had followed His emotions He never would have gone to that cross. He would have taken the devil up on his offer to give Christ the kingdoms. Christ lived according to truth, that He came to die for mankind, that He would eventually have the kingdoms as the King of Kings, and that the devil will be defeated. Christ lives according to truth not His emotions.

Luke 22:40-53

"40 Now when He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you do not come into temptation.”

41 And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,

42 saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

43 Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

44 And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. 45 When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, 46 and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you do not come into temptation.”

Had Christ followed His feelings He never would have died for the sins of others so that they could be saved from hell.

Born-again believers have emotions like everyone, as Christ did, but we do not live by them, we are strong enough, because of Christ in us, to evaluate situations according to the Word of God. We grow, become wiser, and more dedicated in our walk because we have come out the other side of trials remaining faithful to God.

We are much more useful to God when we have learned lessons that carry us through every situation and relationship. The joy because of the lessons cannot be measured. The joy through every trial is beyond explanation. It is a deep-down abiding joy that nothing and no one can extinguish.

When the world sees us moving through our trials with joy and peace they may want to know why we can have joy even through our trials. It is a witness to the world that we get through trials, as Job did, still remaining faithful to Christ.

Ignore the silly mantras of the world that tell us to follow our heart and our feelings, they will ruin anyone who lives by them.