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Born again, we are born into life, the new in Him who acquired that life by shedding His own blood on the Cross. In salvation, we have all we need. By grace we live by faith in His sacrifice and we should expect heaven on earth!
On the day He went into Jerusalem, He was about doing the Father's will and not about man's will. Those who were expecting the conquering Messiah had hoped it was in Him. Yet He did not go to the throne when all the palm branches were laid before Him. No He went into the temple and drove out the money-changers.
God's way was to be known through Jesus. It is the path that is narrow indeed and it is not putting man on pedestals or of man by firm suggestions that you follow man. For there is heaven on earth, when we call forth His words given to us to speak in the very promises set forth for our freedom.
John 3:5 NKJV Jesus answered, " Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
In the new birth, one repents of sins. The new order of life is begun in Jesus. At that moment faith is alive. In this we re-qualify to the possibilities God has for us. Aside from Him and His will, we never see them. I always wonder how many people that fill the cemeteries today who never received Him as Lord, to have that place in heaven & be where He might be....as He is Lord over all?
In Jesus' time, the Pharisees and Sadducee's handed down a religion that was equipped with all the terms and issues that man himself instituted beyond what God had set up for them in the Wilderness. That Law was to get the wilderness, and the idol worship out of those who came out of Egypt, but Jesus came to set man free forever!
Ephesians 1:11-14 NKJV 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trust in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
God, the Creator and the Possessor of Heaven and Earth, put down a deposit for us. And that deposit required the blood of Christ. The great "I Am" brought a way for us when there was no way. In this salvation we have gained power of the Holy Spirit that demonstrates both in us and through us who believe.
I was thinking of this yesterday, as we went to pick up our dog at the Vet. She required some grooming and had some hot spots on her face and neck. I never knew a dog could have an allergy to protein. Yikes!
Anyway, on the way I saw this store front Maurice's, and I saw people going in to shop which looked like for teens. I remembered the hand-me-downs I sometimes got as a small child. Yet when I went to school, my sister and I had new clothes and shoes to wear. But one time, as a young teen, I had gotten a really nice white sweater with a few roses on it........and I really liked it. It was given by this girl's mother who I went to school with in the junior high years. So I wore it to school and the girl whose mother had given it to me rode rough shod all day on me for wearing her sweater. I am not certain that she really wanted it, but she certainly did not want me wearing it!
I never wore that sweater again, even though I loved the beautiful white with the sprinkle of tiny red roses and green leaves on it. No, never wore that thing again for I was caught in that which is a "hurtful" situation. For the young lady had been my friend for two years and after that we were no longer friends.
But see in this relationship with Jesus, we each have something with Him that is different and the purpose God placed in you is of importance. It is important to find what God placed in you for His glory and to His praise. He is always here and always available. And when someone may not like that which you carry for Him, well, that is sad to say for them.
He did not give you a ready-made religion for a one-size fits all. We each have a part to participate in the greatest time on earth and that is of these years before His return for us. We each have a role in His kingdom and reading through His word and prayer will reveal what that is in each of us and through us. We require His wisdom that is for the practical, and workable principles so the revelation knowledge flows through our lives and toward others.
Ephesians 2:10 reminds us that we are His workmanship! For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Grace was bestowed to us. It is the "undeserved kindness "by which salvation is given. Christ Jesus died for us before we were even born. By the Holy Spirit we see power released in our lives just like Jesus did! Grace is that force as well as favor toward us and it is living for today and a future we look toward that it is our God Who makes all things possible.
No hand-me-down religion, and no hand-me-down clothes please. What God has for you and for me is better, is of quality and will last forever. In this relationship, you and I choose if we want time with Him or not. I choose to know Him more every day. I choose to see His beauty and declare His goodness for in this my faith is released to receive more from Him. Within this relationship too, we come together in unity not in strife fighting one another, not jealous of another, but we come together in the unity of faith & purpose among God's family members for God's gospel to be the most effective.
We are to initially be Christ's mouthpiece, His feet and His hands. If we choose the hand-me down from man you get religion, must submit an allegiance to the man and his regime, but to God we receive that pastor or said church we attend to receive our daily feeding of the word and prayer.
The past is gone and we are new in Jesus! Receive His words deep into your heart and pray for the Holy Spirit to be loosed in every moment of your daily lives and may you see the fruit that comes from obeying the Son to the Father. May you know He will never leave you nor forsake you. Now is the time to rise up, take off those old garments of sin, and lust and receive the garments of the royal Son. May you be found with Him always!
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