There is only one Savior and He is Jesus Christ. No one else can save you…not good works, not being a ‘good’ person, not having money or speaking in tongues. There is only one and His name is Jesus.
Isaiah 43:11
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Sometimes we look for other things to save us. I used to think religion could save me and when that didn’t I thought money could, but money couldn’t. Then I thought for sure relationships would make me whole, but that made a bigger void. The only real salvation comes from a risen Savior who conquered life and death to set the captive (you and me) free.
It is as complicated and as simple as the gospels say: Jesus came to the earth, died on the cross and rose from the dead and now is at the right hand of the thrown of God continually praying for you to know Him. His heart never ceases to pray in agony for the lost ones whom He adores.
Colossians 1:19
For it pleased the Father that in him (speaking of Jesus) should all fullness dwell.
So in Jesus all fullness dwells. To me that means everything comes from Christ and is from Christ. When you’re saved it’s not a weak thing…He has all fullness and all abundance. You just have to choose to serve Him and mean it. It’s not a game. Christ it real. Christ is big. Christ can change your world.
If you want to know the Lord just tell Him you do. Here’s a prayer you can say, but you could do your own too there is no recipe. Just say, “Jesus I know you are the Son of God and that you died for me. You rose from the dead on the third day. Please forgive my sins as I forgive those who have hurt me. Please be the Lord of my life. I choose to serve you.” See, it’s very simple to do, but you’ll never be the same again.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Perfect Law of Liberty
The Perfect Law of Liberty - is Christ hanging on a tree beaten and abused never thinking a cuss word or evil thought, but contrary to what sensual wisdom does He walked in forgiveness for His abusers. The perfect law of liberty says your actions and your thoughts are equally sinful or equally righteous. If you think something evil, but don’t act it out physically you are still guilty for the sin, because you entertained the thought in your heart. Every action comes from a thought, and there is a spirit behind everything thought. The words of your heart are of greater value than the overflow of them from your mouth, because out of the abundance (overflow) of your heart your mouth speaks. What flows out of your mouth is very little in comparison to the river that dwells in your heart.
God hates false balances, because they are deceitful. In the spirit, a false balance is when the spirit behind an action doesn’t line up truthfully. A foolish man moved by a mocking spirit will move in actions that say “I am of God,” but it is of the devil, and people who have not prepared the way of the Lord in their lives can be drawn away by their lack of knowledge in Jesus Christ because they were too busy to put in the time to know the Word in truth.
The Perfect Law of Liberty says, ‘Let the Holy Spirit be lined up with every thought, word and action you do; thereby, you will walk in the wisdom that is from above moving contrary to sensual wisdom, which is foolishness, even as Christ Himself did.’ By this your faith will have works, because the Holy Spirit will prompt you to good works yielding good fruit.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Why is it sin? Because in his heart he had the thought to behave righteously, but actively chose not to do what the Holy Spirit prompted him to do. He chose sensual wisdom above Godly wisdom, and according to Proverbs 8:36 sinning against wisdom wrongs your own soul, when you do it enough times it builds up to a state of hate for wisdom. By hating wisdom you love death, because you are preferring your own understanding.
Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
We have to trade our sensual understanding for God’s holy understanding, which usually doesn’t make sense to us at first. That is, until we see the fruit of obedience in our lives and realize that God is way smarter than us, and trust to obey and to walk in Wisdom from above is developed. If we are willing to be reasonable and begin to understand understanding then we will come to a cross road and forsake foolishness for wisdom gaining life.
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
God hates false balances, because they are deceitful. In the spirit, a false balance is when the spirit behind an action doesn’t line up truthfully. A foolish man moved by a mocking spirit will move in actions that say “I am of God,” but it is of the devil, and people who have not prepared the way of the Lord in their lives can be drawn away by their lack of knowledge in Jesus Christ because they were too busy to put in the time to know the Word in truth.
The Perfect Law of Liberty says, ‘Let the Holy Spirit be lined up with every thought, word and action you do; thereby, you will walk in the wisdom that is from above moving contrary to sensual wisdom, which is foolishness, even as Christ Himself did.’ By this your faith will have works, because the Holy Spirit will prompt you to good works yielding good fruit.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Why is it sin? Because in his heart he had the thought to behave righteously, but actively chose not to do what the Holy Spirit prompted him to do. He chose sensual wisdom above Godly wisdom, and according to Proverbs 8:36 sinning against wisdom wrongs your own soul, when you do it enough times it builds up to a state of hate for wisdom. By hating wisdom you love death, because you are preferring your own understanding.
Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
We have to trade our sensual understanding for God’s holy understanding, which usually doesn’t make sense to us at first. That is, until we see the fruit of obedience in our lives and realize that God is way smarter than us, and trust to obey and to walk in Wisdom from above is developed. If we are willing to be reasonable and begin to understand understanding then we will come to a cross road and forsake foolishness for wisdom gaining life.
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Unspoken Leadership
God has given everyone a portion of leadership. Small or large, you have a portion of leadership in you. You can lead your families, your friends, your coworkers…you, yes you, have the potential to lead anyone and everyone around you.
“How?” You might ask, well I’ll tell you, by YOUR example.
“What? My example?” Yep that’s right, you can lead and influence the people around you by your thoughts, words and actions. You can build them up, teach them, encourage or tare down and discourage.
Simple truth can be life changing if you let it be, and here’s my simple truth of the day: Lead yourself and in so doing you will lead others.
“How?” You might ask, well I’ll tell you, by YOUR example.
“What? My example?” Yep that’s right, you can lead and influence the people around you by your thoughts, words and actions. You can build them up, teach them, encourage or tare down and discourage.
Simple truth can be life changing if you let it be, and here’s my simple truth of the day: Lead yourself and in so doing you will lead others.
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