1 Thess 5:22-24: Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
Salvation Through The Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:42 :So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
Complete Surrender to God
Psa 23:1-2: The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
- David acknowledged who His leader was.
No one wants to be under any person’s control
- A marriage can be affected if one or the other person
- Uses inappropriate control over the other
- Which can be demonic control
- In a cult, mind control can result in suicide (single or mass)
- Which is considered demonic control
- Drugs and alcohol can lead people
- To think they are in control and are not
- The substance is in control
- Many people want to be in control
- Some have a fear of losing control
- We need to turn all control over to the Lord
- Yes, the unknown is scary
- We are afraid of what may happen in future
EVERY BELIEVER NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO BE LED BY THE LORD
- God doesn’t take control; He leads
- As we give God control over our lives
- It is learning to trust the Lord
- And walk with Him
OUR ENTIRE BEING NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE LORD
Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
- We have to learn the life led by the Holy Spirit
- Not by our old nature
- The old nature seeks to be led by our soul (mind, will, and emotions, what feels “right” to us)
- What feels right may not be what God wants
- True peace comes when we learn to be led by the Spirit of God
OUR ENTIRE BEING NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE LORD
Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
- We have to learn the life led by the Holy Spirit
- Not by our old nature
- The old nature seeks to be led by our soul (mind, will, and emotions, what feels “right” to us)
- What feels right may not be what God wants
- True peace comes when we learn to be led by the Spirit of God
THE BIBLE CALLS US SAINTS: MEANING WE ARE SET APART FROM SIN AND SET APART FOR GOD AND ARE BEING SANCTIFIED
1 Corinthians 1:2: Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
- The Blood of Jesus is what sanctified us initially
- In order the reflect the glory of God in our lives
- We should voluntarily give ourselves to Him and live for Him
THE WORD SANCTIFIED MEANS: TO CLEANSE OR SET APART FOR SACRED USE: TO DECLARE OR MAKE HOLY
- It takes time for us to let go of some things
- God works with us
- And we should work with God
- It is not just saying the prayer and doing what you want
- We seek to allow God to take control of our lives
SOME THAT COME OUT OF DEEP SIN WILL NEED JESUS TO BE THEIR DELIVERER
- To drive away from them those entities that drive their flesh
- That have them do things that the person does not want to do
- We don’t all have the same testimony
- Some of us may have had a darker past
- But we are made new by the Blood Jesus
- And Jesus works with us
- We all have individual needs
- It is a supernatural work of God in our entire being
Romans 12: 1 says, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
The Heart of God is for His people to seek Him
God wants people to seek him
Ac 17:27
Also see: 1 Ch 16:11; 1 Ch 22:19; Ps 14:2; Ac 15:16–17; Am 9:11–12; Heb 11:6
People are called to seek God
Is 55:6–7
Also see: Ho 10:12; Am 5:4–6
The Lord promises that people will seek Him
Je 50:4
Also see: Ho 3:4–5; Ho 5:13–15; Zep 2:3; Zec 8:20–23
Find the promises of God by seeking Him
Pr 8:17
Also see: Deut 4:29–31; 1 Ch 28:9; 2 Ch 15:1–2; Is 45:19; Je 29:11–14; Mt 7:7–8
Take the opportunity to seek God in this life
2 Co 6:2
Also see: Lk 16:19–31
Seek God with all your heart
The seeking of God begins in the heart
Ps 27:8
Also see: 2 Ch 11:16
Seek the Lord wholeheartedly
Je 29:13
Also see: Deut 4:27–29; 1 Ch 22:17–19; 2 Ch 15:12–15; Ps 63:1
The priority of every Christian is to seek God and His Kingdom
Mt 6:33
Also see: Ps 27:4; Mt 13:44–46
People seeking God examples:
2 Ki 22:11–20 Josiah; 2 Ch 14:2–7
Jehoshaphat seeking God:
2 Ch 17:3–6; 2 Ch 20:1–4
Seeking God has good consequences
Seeking God leads to life
Am 5:4–6
Also see: Ps 69:32; Ro 2:7–8
Seeking God leads to forgiveness
2 Ch 7:14
Also see: 2 Ch 30:18–20; Is 55:6–7; Je 26:17–19
Seeking God leads to blessing
Ps 119:2
Also see: Ps 24:3–6; Is 65:9–10
Seeking God leads to provision
Ps 34:8–10
Also see: Mt 6:31–33
Seeking God leads to protection
Ps 27:4–5
Also see: Ezr 8:21–23
Seeking God leads to understanding and wisdom
Pr 28:5
Also see: Da 2:17–23
Seeking God leads to renewed strength
Is 40:30–31
Also see: Lk 22:42–43
Seeking the Lord leads to rejoicing
1 Ch 16:10
Also see: Ps 40:16; Ps 70:4; Ps 105:3
There are hinderances to seeking God
The hinderance of Unrighteousness
Ho 10:12–13
Also see: Is 59:1–2
The Hinderance of Pride
Ps 10:4
Also see: 2 Ch 26:16–18
The hinderance of putting trust in human resources
Is 31:1
Also see:2 Ch 16:12; Ho 5:13–15
The hinderance of Idolatry
Zep 1:4–6
Also see: Ro 1:21–23
Seek the Lord with you whole heart and you will find Him.
Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.
God Is The Only Saviour
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The work of salvation was started in the Old Testament and fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the only Savior and Deliverer for all of humanity.
Merry Go Round Christianity
In Judges 2:11-12: we can see a summary of Judges
Judges 2:11-12: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: 12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. [Read more…]
God the Light of the World
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5 [Read more…]
Seek to Develop Christlikeness
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When a Christian comes to the Lord with a sincere heart, God changes them into the image of His Son. Jesus Christ is our example to living the redeemed life.
A believer’s goal is to become more like Jesus
1 Co 11:1; Php 2:5
Also see: Jn 13:15; Ro 8:29; Eph 4:11–13; Php 3:8–11; Php 3:20–21; 1 Jn 2:6
A believer becomes more like Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit
2 Co 3:18
Also see: Ro 8:5–9; Ga 5:22–23; 1 Th 1:6
The aim of discipleship is Christlikeness
Mt 10:25
Also see: Lk 6:40; 1 Jn 2:6
When a believer is totally committed Christlikeness will come
Lk 9:57–62
Also see: Mt 9:9; Mt 19:21; Jn 1:43; Jn 10:27; Jn 12:26; Jn 15:10; 2 Jn 9
How to demonstrate Christlikeness
Through Sacrifice
Mk 8:34–35; 1 Pe 2:21–23
Also see: Mt 10:38; Lk 14:26–27; Jn 12:26; Jn 21:19; Php 3:10; 1 Pe 4:1
Through humble service
Mt 20:26–28
Also see: Mt 11:29; Mk 9:35; Lk 22:24–26; Jn 13:14–15; Php 2:4–5
Showing other believers God’s love
Jn 15:12; 1 Jn 3:16
Also see: Jn 13:34; Jn 15:17; Eph 5:2; Eph 5:25
Being ready to forgive others
Col 3:13
Also see: Mt 6:12
Share the message of Jesus Christ across the world
Mt 4:19
Also see: Jn 20:21
Showing godly examples that imitate Jesus Christ
1 Co 11:1
Also see: Eph 5:1; 1 Th 1:5–6; 1 Th 2:14; Heb 6:12; Heb 13:7–8; 3 Jn 11
God’s plan of re-creation is Christlikeness
Ge 1:26–27; 2 Co 4:4; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10
The process of becoming Christlike:
It is the purpose for which believers are saved
Ro 8:28–29
Also see: Eph 2:10; 2 Pe 1:4
Believer’s will experience Christlikeness
2 Co 3:18
Christlikeness complete when believers share the Jesus’ glory
1 Jn 3:2–3
Also see: Ps 17:15; Jn 17:24; 1 Co 15:49–53; Ga 4:19; Php 3:20–21; Col 3:4; 1 Jn 4:17
Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.
Strength in Winds of Suffering
1 Corinthians 15:58: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
JESUS SAID THE WISE MAN BUILT HIS HOUSE OF THEIR LIVES UPON A ROCK
Matthew 7: 24-27: Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. ( two houses, two different foundations, and two different results)
• The foundation of the house of our lives is spiritual
• Built on the Rock of Jesus Christ and His Word
• The wise Christian hears and responds what they know in the Word
o Obeying the Word of God gives that solid foundation that weathers the storms of life
• The Word can fall on spiritually deaf ears
o Jesus said they have ears, but they don’t hear
o Eyes but they can’t see in Mark 8:18
o That is part of our prayer life to have spiritual eyes and ears
o Some hearers reject the Word right away – Psalm 50:17
• But the house or life of the person that is built on Jesus Christ
o Will stand firm in the storms of life
o You may get knocked down, but you will get back up
o Because of the WORD AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD
o That abides in the spirit part of us
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH YOU WILL BE ABLE TO STAY TOUGH IN SPIRIT
Proverbs 24:10-12: If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.11 If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it ? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? And shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
• Adversity can sometimes show us where we are spiritually
• It shows us how our Christian Character has developed
• Don’t complain about your trials: The adversity you face today
o Is training you to be strong for more complicated situations in future
THE PROPHET JEREMIAH QUESTIONED GOD BECAUSE OF THE ADVERSITIES HE FACED.
The Lord asked Jeremiah: How he ever expected to face big challenges if the little ones wearied him.
Jeremiah 12:5: If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
• Adversity helps in our growth process
o Could you help us to grow stronger?
o As we learn to trust the Lord
o How are we going to face big challenges?
o If the little ones weary us
• But it is not our strength
• Be strong in the Lord and the Power of His might Eph 6:13
• In the Power of His Spirit – Zech 4:6
• Not our human mind, emotions, will, or reasoning
DEPEND ON GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY IN YOUR LIFE
FROM ITS BEGINNING TO ITS END, THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS DEPENDENT UPON THE GRACE OF GOD.
GOD’S GRACE OFFSETS HUMAN WEAKNESSES
1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
BELIEVERS CAN PRAY FOR GRACE
Psalm 25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE CAN BE SUMMED UP IN TERMS OF GRACE
1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
BELIEVERS SHOULD DESIRE TO EXPERIENCE MORE OF GOD’S GRACE
Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
BELIEVERS ARE EMPOWERED TO SERVE JESUS CHRIST BY HIS GRACE
2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in
EXPERIENCING GOD’S GRACE REQUIRES THE BELIEVER’S CO-OPERATION
James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Let’s endeavor to be steadfast and unmoveable in the coming days
• Growing in the revelation of the knowledge of God and His Word
• Growing stronger in the Lord through all our Fiery trials and adversities
• God isn’t going to save you from the Fire; He will bring you through it
Give your heart to Jesus today by saying this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Please, help me to live for you the rest of this life. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. In the name of Jesus, I pray.
Amen.
God’s Love For the World
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The Love of God is the most earnest expression of God’s character. Even though God loves all people, he is truly dedicated to a sacrificial and loyal relationship with His people.
The nature of God is love
1 Jn 4:8