I
LOVE the fact that God welcomes ALL who desire to learn of Him ...there
are NO conditions on Salavation ...only to believe. However, the life
altering experience with Jesus requires us, then, to deny ourselves (a
tenant of Christianity we often overlook in a world that encourages us
to build our platforms and egos for self-glorification). The born-again
experience is the perfect exchange of lives ...of an old, dysfunctional
life (ours) for a pure and holy one (Jesus').
While our lives no longer
belong to us, the beauty is our lives now belong to a perfect God who
knows all about us and has already planned His perfect will for our
lives ...one filled with surety, joy, love, and fulfillment. This new
life has standards! Not a set of rules ...but instructions of how to
make life work for us!! When we choose to pick up our lives (seek the
applause of people, do whatever we want, make our own decisions, etc.)
we diminish the amazing life God has for us and more importantly, we
hide the light and hope of Jesus in our lives ... the same hope that
draws people to Jesus. Friends, there should be a change ...a difference
...to cause people to ask about our God! "What changed you?"
This is
why plugging into a Word-minded local body and spending time in the Word
are vital ...to teach us how to stay humble/teachable before a
sovereign God. The Word teaches us how to pour into the Spirit vs the
flesh ...the Word corrects us and helps us uphold the standard of God's
love, holiness, and power. Love y'all. #newcreatures
I'm Free ...
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