“Our Lord was not a recluse nor a fanatical holy man
practicing self-denial. He did not physically cut Himself off from society, but
He was inwardly disconnected all the
time. He was not aloof, but He lived
in another world. In fact, He was so much in the common everyday world that
the religious people of His day accused Him of being a glutton and a drunkard.
Yet our Lord never allowed anything to interfere with His consecration of
spiritual power. […] The Spirit of God has set a great many people free from
their sin, yet they are experiencing no fullness in their lives— no true sense
of freedom. The kind of religious life we see around the world today is
entirely different from the vigorous holiness of the life of Jesus Christ. “I
do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should
keep them from the evil one” (John 17:15). We
are to be in the world but not of it— to be separated internally, not
externally (see John 17:16). […] Consecration (being dedicated to God’s
service) is our part; sanctification (being set apart from sin and being made
holy) is God’s part.” CHAMBERS
I have wondered why God does not just takes us to heaven
when we say “yes to Jesus”. When we are born again, we open our eyes and find
ourselves standing before the throne. In
a way, that does happen. Before I was a
Christian, I was spiritually blind .. dead toward the things of God. But now, I can see spiritual truth, I can
understand it, and I am adopted into the family of God. My challenge is to live my live as a child of
the king while I am living in a world that is lost and dying. My challenge is not join in with my culture and
live in the manner I lived before my new birth.
The Father leaves us here to be living testimonies to His
grace and mercy. To be salt and light to those who are perishing. It would be a terrible thing to live our
lives out and to have been indistinguishable from those we were to witness
to. To be so much like the world that no
one had any idea that we were Christians.
Or worse for them to know we were Christians but see no reason to seek
that life because they see no difference in our life choices. Let your light shine for all to see. ELGIN
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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