A Humble Spirit

Phil 2:3 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem the other better than himself.”-

Giving up our right to be right. Sometimes standing for what we think is right is not worth the division it will create. Compromising our opinion in matters that are not eternal is not a sin. Moving forward with God often will require us to put our own idea on the shelf, listen to others and help implement. God’s work is often hinder because of someone’s ego or pride. They are seekers of vainglory, always wanting the preeminence. A believer who is walking close to God will be sensitive to the needs of others and will give preference to those his/she works with. Lowliness of mind is to put aside what we want, take the back seat at let someone else drive. A humble spirit will take a stand for what is right in a spirit of meekness. 

All Thing Are Of God

2 Corinth 5:18 “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation”-

It is difficult at times to see that God is in everything. Is God in the bad things that happen in life? As with Job, God knew what Job was going through, He allowed Satan to test Job and try his commitment. God did not cause the bad things to happen, but God does allow all things to happen. He is before all things and by Him all things consist. (Col1:17) All things that are and all things that happen. Evil is allowed because God gave man a free will and the results of man’s sin brought spiritual death to man. The things that are done because of sin are not of God, but sin brings forth death and destruction. There are some thing that God allows to happen, and there are somethings that happen because of sin. Even though man has sinned against God, He desires to have a relationship with His creation. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to take the penalty of our sin that we may be reconciled back to God. Closing the gap between a holy God and sinful man. He has now put in our heart the love to reach out to others to show God’s love. We are now ambassador for Christ, reconciling the world back to God.

Strong Meat

Heb. 5:12 “ For at the time when ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God, and have become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”-

The danger of not growing spiritually is not being able to discern what is good and evil. This spiritual apathy of not growing in your faith over time can lead to apostasy, or turning your back on that which brought you spiritual life. It is important that a new born Christian slowly begin to change their spiritual diet from milk to meat. The rudiments of Christianity teaching is to know that Jesus is God, came to this world to save sinners. That all humanity is lost in sin and needs the blood that Jesus shed on the cross to save them from their sins. This is the fundamental of faith and foundation of sound doctrine. Growing in the teaching Christ is to be grounded and totally surrendered to obeying God. Learning the walk of holiness. Coming to a place in our lives where the Holy Spirit can help us consecrate our life to be a servant of Christ. Letting the Holy Spirit deal with the self-life in our hearts. The meat diet will put perfect love in our hearts to love God with all our hearts and our fellow neighbors likewise. The meat diet will does not perfect our humanity, but it sanctifies our motives to always desiring to obey His word and live blameless before God. My prayer is, “Give me more meat Lord.” That I may discern what is good and evil. 

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Following Jesus

Luke 9:59 “And He said unto another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”-

Following Jesus is not just a metal consent of your mind that Jesus is God, or that God is real. To follow Christ is to let go of all former relationships and make Him Lord of your life. He is now the focus of your life, where He leads you, you will go. Following Him take priority over family and friends. This may lead to some misunderstanding among those who are not following Christ. To those who know the Savior, they understand that following Jesus and living in His word is the most important thing in life. When we follow Him first, He give us perspective on how to treat others and it is only then that we can truly have a relationship with others that will glorify God.

I Am The Door

John 10:9 “I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”-

To enter into the Kingdom of God one must pass through the door. Heaven’s gates are open only to those who have right of passage. Many will attempt to find their way to God through some other way. They will claim that the way to eternal life and peace is to be a good person and treat people with respect, others will say that as long as you are sincere in your worship to a god, you will be allowed to enter into heaven. Those who don’t want to offend anyone, will say that their are many ways to God and that Jesus is not the only way. There are those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, but require that getting through the doors of heaven one must follow all the rules of the church, rules that were man written. Jesus is the only Shepherd that stands at the door of heaven’s gate and all who desire to enter into the shepherd fold must do so through Christ. For those who enter, they listen to the voice of the shepherd and desire to obey His word. It is a witness of God  that the sheep know their shepherd because they hear His voice and follow. All who refuse to listen and follow do not belong to the Shepherd. They are pretenders and they will be revealed as the black sheep in the day of judgment.

Hold On

Rev. 3:11 “Behold, I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”-

Hold on! It will not be long before the return of Jesus. It is tempting to just give up the fight. Satan knows that his days are numbered and he is doing all he can to cause the faithful to let go of truth and the battle against sin. Holding fast to what God has given in through Christ. Holding on to His love and grace, holding on to what is true and right. We must not give up on those that we have been praying for salvation. We have a crown of righteousness given to us because we have been washed in the cleansing blood of Christ. We must not let the things of this world distract us from serving God and keeping His commandments. It is possible to let go and loose your soul, but through God grace we can hold fast to eternal life and believe God to keep us in the hour of temptation to give up.

Loved By God

Roman 5:8 “But God commendeth His love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”-

What value does a sinner have? A person who is self-centered and lives to please their selfish desires is difficult to even like. All who are born to this world are born with sin in their heart. The symptoms of this nature is seen even in little children who hardly know they are even doing wrong. As sinners, we do not measure up to God’s holiness, we are yet sinners and the wages of sin is death. But God who reaches out to us in our lost  condition loves us. He made us in His image, and values what He made. Sin has twisted that image, but His love toward us wants to redeem that image, to transform it into the image of Christ. His love was willing to send His Son, Jesus to pay for our sin and take on the penalty that we deserve. Christ died for us, to set us free from sin. Where we were once sinners, we are now made partakers of His love and remade into His image.  No longer sinners, but loved by God and a child of the King.