When we believe God's Word, we want to obey all of it, not just the parts we like. And, when we become dedicated to Christ, we love all that He told us, not just some to be able to claim they love Christ while negating Him through denial of His Word. Our love of Christ translates into loving His Word, His ways and thinking with His mind. This is only offensive to those who want to appear religious but do not care if they please God.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "… 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
John 14:15 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
Those who say they are Bible believers but negate the permanency of marriage are denying Jesus Christ because He is the very essence of His own word.
1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,"
1 John 3:22-24 "and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us."
Luke 16:17-18 "17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. 18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery"
There have been several people in my life who have become angry at me and even gossiped because I came against divorce and remarriage. They hold their friends, families, and the culture above God's word while accusing me of being rude or mean for quoting the Bible.
You too, will meet with opposition and rejection when you desire to obey Christ in all things, actually acting out what you believe will bring about anger in others against you for merely speaking what God said.
Believing Jesus Christ is not just something to say to sound spiritual, it is a lifestyle of loving all His Word, confessing when we fail and desiring to be cleansed by Christ. This means there will be Spiritual growth and maturity with each passing day.
Philippians 2:5
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:"
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "… 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
John 14:15 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
Those who say they are Bible believers but negate the permanency of marriage are denying Jesus Christ because He is the very essence of His own word.
1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,"
1 John 3:22-24 "and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us."
Luke 16:17-18 "17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. 18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery"
There have been several people in my life who have become angry at me and even gossiped because I came against divorce and remarriage. They hold their friends, families, and the culture above God's word while accusing me of being rude or mean for quoting the Bible.
You too, will meet with opposition and rejection when you desire to obey Christ in all things, actually acting out what you believe will bring about anger in others against you for merely speaking what God said.
Believing Jesus Christ is not just something to say to sound spiritual, it is a lifestyle of loving all His Word, confessing when we fail and desiring to be cleansed by Christ. This means there will be Spiritual growth and maturity with each passing day.
Philippians 2:5
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:"
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