Jesus Christ is the Word and using His Word disrespectfully or dishonestly is the same as denying Him.
Saturday, March 25, 2023
Walking with Christ will Lose Us our Families
If you want to walk with Christ moment by moment in this life while evaluating everything according to God you WILL be at odds with nearly everyone around you, even those who say they are Christians.
Matthew 10:31-39
31 So do not fear; you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows.
32 “Therefore, everyone who confesses Me before people, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies Me before people, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35 For I came to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36 and a person’s enemies will be the members of his household.
37 “The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 And the one who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 The one who has found his life will lose it, and the one who has lost his life on My account will find it.
Matthew 19:29-30
29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms on account of My name, will receive many times as much and will inherit eternal life.
30 But many who are first will be last; and the last, first."
Friday, March 24, 2023
Confession or Spiritual Infancy; Ask God
When Christ changes us into a new creation it is not our work it is His. We cannot undo what He did when we desired to be changed by Him. God does not throw away sinning children, He disciplines them.
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?…"
Even the smallest bad attitude can cause us to go to hell before we are saved because it is not about individual sins, it's about our sinful nature that God will not allow into His presence. When we become saved the Holy Spirit moves into us and begins the process of cleansing. Jesus Christ covers our sinful nature with His Holy Spirit so that when God the Father looks at us He sees Jesus Christ, not our sinful nature.
When we understand the incredible miracle Christ did in us when He sealed us with His Holy Spirit we would not spend one moment wondering if He saved us "eternally", we would just praise Him for His ability to save us and keep us.
The more we focus on works to remain saved the less we glorify Christ. Everything becomes fear about "doing it right" rather than what Christ did in us and what He can do in us.
1 John 1:8-10 "…8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.…"
Those who confess their sins and desire to be cleansed by Christ will grow in holiness and humility.
Those who do not confess their sins will not grow, they remain spiritual and emotional infants. Or, worse they may not even be born again. Something to think about.
Ask God!!!!
When We Glorify God we will Hear from the Holy Spirit
Those who have heard from the Holy Spirit know it is Him. It's not a feeling based on logic or intuition, it's a strong sense and drivenness to do or say something that one does not have to analyze.
Those who have heard from the Holy Spirit know exactly what I am talking about.
And, I suspect there are few "Christians" who hear from Him, most people are figuring things out for themselves based on their feelings, fear, or cultural pressure and cannot hear from the Holy Spirit.
The sound of the culture, the fear and pride in their heart drive most people to figure things out for themselves. They do not allow Jesus Christ to be in control of their lives.
Most "Christians" in our day want the safety of being a Christian but do not trust Christ to give them answers, this is why they don't read their Bibles or they read their Bibles to twist and turn the scriptures into what they want to believe.
Those who are resistant to seeking Christ through his Word and prayer will always follow the culture far more than they follow Christ. These people do not hear from Christ, the noise of the culture and their own desires drown out the voice of the Holy Spirit if they are even born again. That is the big question!
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
If we believe God in these words of His, then we would seek Him for all things and drown out the world with His Words and prayer.
Remember too whatever the Holy Spirit tells us will glorify God and not ourselves.
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