ACKNOWLEDGING THE GOD WHO CREATED YOU
Philippians 1:6 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Your faith becomes effective, after, you acknowledge every good thing which is in you, by and in Christ Jesus. We as believers must be confident in God’s living word; being fully assured and certain that when we speak the word it will accomplish what we say and not entertain any suspicions or doubts.
Why is it that we believe when we say the sinners prayer that we are saved by grace and if we die or when the rapture comes we will go to heaven, but when any circumstance comes up in our lives we say oh God what am I going to do? What will happen to me?
There are too many I’s in the equation. It has never been about what we think, it is about what Gods word says. Gods word is an assurance of the mind or a firm belief in the reality of the truth, followed by confidence in the mercy and grace of God.
It is all about trusting God and having confidence in His promises.
2 Corinthians 1:20-22 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
This means all of the promises of God is in and through Christ Jesus. They are made possible in our life meant for our abundant benefit. Jesus came that we may have life and life more abundantly. Yes, and amen means these promises will never change.
Psalms 36:7 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
God being who he is and in his loving kindness has prepared everything we need that we might trust him. He will cover you under the shadow of his wings, he will keep a hedge around you and give his angels charge over you.
Psalms 91:4 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Verses 10-11 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Gods promises are our armor of protection
1 Timothy 4:9-11 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
11 These things command and teach.
The key decision in life is to determine in who or in what to place one’s trust. Trusting God requires dying to self and sometimes suffering reproach, which means we as teachers’, preachers and soul winners will be blamed for things. As Paul was. We are to teach and command these things.
John 16:13 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
You can’t be thinking, what can I do, and be led by the Holy Spirit at the same time. You are being pulled two different ways and that won’t work. That will cause confusion. It is up to us to decide if we want to be led by self or by the Holy Spirit.
Today we are standing on a cross road and our time is running out. We need to decide what route we going to run on. Self or the leading of the Holy Spirit.
No one can make this choice for you, nor can your pastor, or even God because we have a free God given will. It is up to each of us alone to choose who or what we will follow. Gods way or the way of the world. Your going to spend eternity somewhere. The only way to spend it in heaven is to Choose God and his way, which leads us by the Holy Spirit.
Jeremiah 10:23 23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Man is a spiritual being; we are tied to our creator who is God. Without the direction of the Holy Spirit, God our creator we will wander helplessly in the way of the world.
This is why I’m teaching on this topic. Some choices we make could cost us a very high price. Satan would just love to deceive us into believing our way of thinking in the flesh is greater than that of the one who created us. Even greater than the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 6:14 4 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Most people don’t understand that what is written in the bible was not written for unbelievers. There are only two fellowships in the world, and only two. All people belong either to one or the other. No one can belong to both and claim to be a Christian. Your choice is with the world or with the word.
Matthew 7:21-23 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Here the word is talking about the ones that tried to live by both ways. Because of the choices they made they will pay a very high price.
The ones who have eyes and don’t see and ears and refuse to hear, and a mind that doesn’t understand are unlearned and will be rejected at the white throne judgment where they read out of the book of life.
They could not understand the word because it is a spiritual book, to read and understand the word of God you must have the wisdom of discernment of the Holy Spirit. To receive this wisdom and discernment you must first accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, and make him the Lord of your life.
John 3:16-18 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
God gave his son up to the cross out of the God kind of love. That is what it took to redeem humanity. The object of Christ’s mission was to save. Rejection of him can only lead to condemnation.
Jesus is the only salvation for the world. There is no other salvation. Salvation is never by works, but rather by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.
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