Spiritual Barrenness and the Word of God
“Power belongeth unto God.” –Psalm 62:11
Staying alive spiritually as a Christian is our Goal
• Without the life of the Word of God
• And the Spirit of God we will die spiritually
• Not even feel like Christians
Ephesians 4:17-18 : This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
• “Walk not as other Gentiles walk
• Imitate the life of the unbeliever
Eph 2: says they are dead in their trespasses and sin
• Just like we were
Ephesians 2:10 (Made alive) And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Vs 2 says: Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
• Vs 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
• Vs 4-5 (the clincher) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Romans 6:4: Walk in newness of life: vs4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
• The change starts with repentance
• Repentance includes a change of mind
• Even if just by an act of the gift of our will
THE WORD OF GOD HAS TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SPIRIT
• For spiritual growth, power, and results to happen
Mt 13:23: But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it: which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• That seed is God’s Word
• This is what gives us life as Christians
• This is also what gives us Power
“Power belongeth unto God.” –Psalm 62:11
• We can walk in that Power
• Through His Word
• Led by the Holy Spirit
• We will be fruit-bearing Christians
Luke 8:11: The Seed is the Word of God
• The fruit is a product of the Seed
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. Now, 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.
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