We have a choice:
either to be a part of the problem or a part of the solution. The
solution is Jesus Christ. The things of this world are fleeting, everything in
this world will come to naught. However, Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. In this world there is no constant but
change. Jesus is the only constant in a world of variables. There
shall be no shadow of turning with thee. The world is fleeting, however, the
word of God liveth and abideth forever. The broad way of this world leads
to destruction. Jesus Christ is the narrow way: He is the way, the
truth and the life. Jesus said, "No man cometh to the father but by
me."
Adam's sin was imputed to all men. From Adam's original sin, we all inherited the sin nature of the original fallen man. Since the sin of Adam, man has been separated from God. However, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus came to reconcile man back to God... to bring back together that which has been separated. It's the love of God through Jesus Christ that reconciles man to God. Love is also the bond, the tie that binds together the body of believers. The world tends to "atomization." The natural way of the world is to fly apart. However the love of God is bond of perfectness. The world's way is to "untie." God's way is to "unite." Blessed be the tide that binds our hearts in Christian love.
To explode means to fly apart. Great energy is released in an explosion. There is tremendous power in atomic fission, in the splitting of the atom... the splitting apart of the matter of this world. However there is even greater power in implosion. Much more energy is released in an atomic fusion reaction than in a fission reaction. The power of unity, of coming together, is much greater than the power of division. The power of unity is in the power of love. Above all these things, put on charity which is the bond of perfectness.
Jesus came into a dark world, not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. Salvation starts with repentance, to turn around. Repentance is to turn from myself and unto God. The first choice upon hearing the gospel of salvation is rejection. How do you know if someone has received salvation? By their fruit ye shall know them. You can't see the spirit. You can, however, see the fruit. Another reaction upon hearing the gospel is to know assuredly that you are saved, to know that God has changed your heart and your life, when you come to the realization that I am no longer my own, but that my life is hid in Christ in God. How do you know if you've been saved? Salvation means to be made complete: to confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus and to believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead. At that moment in time, God creates his spirit within the new man. This is the new birth, the birth of the new spiritual nature upon salvation.
Salvation is to change lordship: I have relinquished ownership of my own life. The flip side of making Jesus Christ Lord, is to make myself a slave. I through the freedom of my will, have changed ownership of my life... take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to thee. A bondslave is one who serves his Master and is bound to his master through love, the bond of perfectness. The ultimate freedom is the ultimate captivity. Jesus Christ came to lead captivity captive. Make me a captive Lord and then I shall be free...
Having been born again, the things of this world will come to naught. That which is seen is temporal, but that which is unseen is eternal. What doth it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world but lose his soul? For this light affliction which is but a moment, worketh a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Therefore, set your affection on things above, not on things of the world, for where your heart is, there will your treasure be also. Delight thyself also in The Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thine heart. When your delight is his delight, when your pleasure is his good pleasure, then it is God that worketh in you to will and to do of his good pleasure.
My pleasure is to do the master's will when my delight is aligned with God's delight. My prayer is not please please me, God. Rather my prayer is "s'il vous plait," translated “if it pleases you”. Not my will but thine be done...
Adam's sin was imputed to all men. From Adam's original sin, we all inherited the sin nature of the original fallen man. Since the sin of Adam, man has been separated from God. However, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus came to reconcile man back to God... to bring back together that which has been separated. It's the love of God through Jesus Christ that reconciles man to God. Love is also the bond, the tie that binds together the body of believers. The world tends to "atomization." The natural way of the world is to fly apart. However the love of God is bond of perfectness. The world's way is to "untie." God's way is to "unite." Blessed be the tide that binds our hearts in Christian love.
To explode means to fly apart. Great energy is released in an explosion. There is tremendous power in atomic fission, in the splitting of the atom... the splitting apart of the matter of this world. However there is even greater power in implosion. Much more energy is released in an atomic fusion reaction than in a fission reaction. The power of unity, of coming together, is much greater than the power of division. The power of unity is in the power of love. Above all these things, put on charity which is the bond of perfectness.
Jesus came into a dark world, not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. Salvation starts with repentance, to turn around. Repentance is to turn from myself and unto God. The first choice upon hearing the gospel of salvation is rejection. How do you know if someone has received salvation? By their fruit ye shall know them. You can't see the spirit. You can, however, see the fruit. Another reaction upon hearing the gospel is to know assuredly that you are saved, to know that God has changed your heart and your life, when you come to the realization that I am no longer my own, but that my life is hid in Christ in God. How do you know if you've been saved? Salvation means to be made complete: to confess with thy mouth The Lord Jesus and to believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead. At that moment in time, God creates his spirit within the new man. This is the new birth, the birth of the new spiritual nature upon salvation.
Salvation is to change lordship: I have relinquished ownership of my own life. The flip side of making Jesus Christ Lord, is to make myself a slave. I through the freedom of my will, have changed ownership of my life... take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to thee. A bondslave is one who serves his Master and is bound to his master through love, the bond of perfectness. The ultimate freedom is the ultimate captivity. Jesus Christ came to lead captivity captive. Make me a captive Lord and then I shall be free...
Having been born again, the things of this world will come to naught. That which is seen is temporal, but that which is unseen is eternal. What doth it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world but lose his soul? For this light affliction which is but a moment, worketh a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Therefore, set your affection on things above, not on things of the world, for where your heart is, there will your treasure be also. Delight thyself also in The Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thine heart. When your delight is his delight, when your pleasure is his good pleasure, then it is God that worketh in you to will and to do of his good pleasure.
My pleasure is to do the master's will when my delight is aligned with God's delight. My prayer is not please please me, God. Rather my prayer is "s'il vous plait," translated “if it pleases you”. Not my will but thine be done...
Your Brother in Christ, Michael
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