Sunday, October 11, 2009
What a Challenge
God knows our hearts. The "heart" of a person includes one's thoughts, feelings, and what makes one "tick". Our hearts are notoriously sinful. Scripture clearly indicates that this sinful nature is present within us before we are even born! (Psalm 51:5) Since we are sinful from birth there is only one solution; a new birth is required! Jesus says "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again." (John 3:6-7) Without Jesus our hearts are not just sinfully diseased, they are not even beating -- they are spiritually dead. However this verse also applies after we have received Christ. You see our hearts continue to be plagued by the sinful nature that we were born with, to not be mindful and careful of this can lead to great pitfalls of deceit from our hearts. The simple fact that we still reside in these corrupt fleshly vessels is reason enough to know that we have to guard ourselves against the workings of a deceitful heart. Praise be to God that through Jesus Christ we have been blessed with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, oh blessed Holy Spirit!! who is with us and in us to do exactly what is impossible for us according to this verse to "know our hearts", only He can reveal the innermost workings of our hearts and expose them to the marvelous cleansing light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Praise Jesus!!
Amen
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Conscience helps our holiness
God Bless you all.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Walking In The Spirit
We must be prepared to pay a price in order to walk in The Spirit. We pay the price by putting God first, spending much time in prayer and loving His Word above all earthly pleasures, knowledge and entertainment. We have emotions like God, as we are made in His image, but He is not ruled by emotions and feelings. He operates by doing what is right, regardless of how He feels. He can be grieved by our attitude but He never changes in the way He loves us and treats us. He has no self-pity, no anger on His own behalf and no retaliation.
Meaning we must:
1) Desire to hear the Holy Spirit; (Galatians 5:16).
2) Be ready to obey His prompting; (Galatians 5:17-23, Galatians 5:25).
As a result we are:
Governed and guided by the Holy Spirit. We are not controlled by the Holy Spirit, we have a free will and can choose to disobey Him. Remember always that the Holy Spirit will NEVER speak to us in contradiction of scripture.
We have:
1) The words of Jesus in our minds (Romans 8:5-6).
2) The love of Jesus in our hearts.
The proof:
The power of Jesus will be evident in our behaviour, for the power of the life-giving Spirit through Christ Jesus has freed us from the vicious circle of sin and death (Romans 8:2).
Romans 8:5-11 States; 'Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with The Spirit have their minds set on what The Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by The Spirit is life and peace; The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by The Spirit, if The Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have The Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you'.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
...will He really find faith on the earth?
One of the most timely questions asked by The Lord as it relates to The Lords return. A profound question asked by Jesus himself! Will He really find faith on earth? Many nowadays are proclaiming to believe in Jesus, but will He really find faith when He returns? There's a verse in scripture that says that even demons believe and tremble, so a superficial belief that Jesus "existed" does not cut it as the meaning of true faith. These verses should serve as sobering elements for believers these days. Every believer should be doing his /her own spiritual inventory to see if we are truly living in faith. Look at what faith is according to Hebrews 11:1, the NIV says "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Let's see again The Lord's question under the light of what faith is according to Hebrews 11:1.
(1) What is the hope that we're so sure of? (2) and how certain are we of what we don't see? (3) who don't we see? The first is Jesus' return, The believer has to be living with the 100% sure hope that Jesus Christ is returning, and show that hope living our lives as if He can return at any moment. Secondly we have to be certain, beyond the shadow of a doubt of what we don't see. For the sake of our Lord's question let's say (of WHO we cannot see) and who is this? The Holy Spirit! our eternal companion who is not only with us but in us, Halleluyah! We as believers have to be living our lives daily with the certainty that the Holy Spirit is right there with us, otherwise we will not, I repeat WILL NOT be able to walk in holiness. It is the knowledge of knowing that He is there with us that feeds the fear of The Lord in us and helps us to maintain the type of faith that The Lord wants to find in us when He returns. So the question can read "...will He really find (people with the pure hope of Jesus' return and the certainty of Him who we cannot see, The Holy Spirit) on the earth?
Let's meditate in the word, our redemption has never been closer.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Be Not conformed...
God's Blessings are Yes and Amen!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Battling Bad Influences
Believers Wake Up!!
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him." Beloved there is much junk circulating out there even in some churches we must be alert as believers and be sober! For good reason The Lord also says to us in his mighty word in Colossians 2:8 "Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ." Be encouraged and be brave, stand up for Christ where ever you go and remember: Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
May The Lord Richly bless as you persevere in true faith.