Trying to figure out what it means to be a good Christian
can be difficult for many of us. For right now I am going to say forget about
Church and close your mind to all things religious. We often look at this
process as a change in us. The problem is change happens from the outside in, which
is a dangerous and wrong way of looking at it. It is a road to doubt because we
still maintain the same fears, anxieties, and self-doubt! To have the change
come from the inside this has to be an exchange. We have to allow God into us
100%! We often talk about this personal relationship with God, Jesus, and the
Holy Spirit. If you want to have the change from the inside then you need this
exchange with God. No one can tell you
what your personal relationship with him should or should not be. This is why
it is called your personal relationship! This requires your faith to be 100%
pure! This comes before Church, the bible, and religion. We can read the words
and listen to the sermon, but they will mean nothing and your life with remain
unchanged without the relationship. Once you accept that relationship with the
father and accept it with full faith the other things will mean so much more.
The book and the words will come alive in you! That is where the renewal of
your mind takes place. Let the exchange
happen through belief and the strength takes over. Only through this exchange with our heavenly father
does true transformation take place! I can attest that you will never do this
on your own. Open up and believe and see what is truly possible!
Romans 10:8-10
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved
Romans 10:8-10
I thought of this post as I was reading the first part of a book i just started, here's an excerpt:
ReplyDelete"Religion commands us to change our behavior, but it cannot change our hearts. It can tell us to do what is right, but cannot give us a LOVE for the right. Only the gospel and the assurance it yields creates a PASSION for the right in our hearts, because only the gospel goes deep enough to actually change the warped nature of our hearts. The apostle Paul said that it is only as we are overwhelmed at the glory of Christ's sacrifice for us that we are TRANSFORMED into glory ourselves - the glory of people who serve God because they CRAVE God and who do righteousness because they LOVE righteousness. The fruits of the Spirit, he said - thinks like love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness - grow only in the soul of the assurance of God's love for us. (2 Cor 3:16-18 and Gal 3:2, 5:16-23)
Only joy in what you possess in God will enable you to leave everything else behind. Only knowing the love of God for you produces love for God in you.
The exchange!! Then the change! You are awesome my brother!
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