Wednesday, February 4, 2015

What Parts Of The Bible Do You Believe? Really?




“No one is able to take this stand for Jesus Christ who is not totally compelled by the majesty of His power. It is the only thing that matters, and yet it is strange that it’s the last thing we as Christian workers realize. Paul said that he was gripped by the love of God and that is why he acted as he did. People could perceive him as mad or sane— he did not care. There was only one thing he lived for— to persuade people of the coming judgment of God and to tell them of “the love of Christ.” This total surrender to “the love of Christ” is the only thing that will bear fruit in your life. And it will always leave the mark of God’s holiness and His power, never drawing attention to your personal holiness.” CHAMBERS

Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Do you believe that?  If you do then you will live by it.  If you don’t, you won’t.  There is a subtle difference for most of us between acknowledgement and belief.  You can acknowledge what that there are certain words in the Bible without believing them.   Belief has nothing to do with truth.  Truth never changes … in John 14:6 Jesus said that He is the Truth …. The source of truth .. in John chapter 1 it ways that nothing was made that was not made by Him – Jesus – the Word.  It does not matter is a person believes that, it is the truth.  Jesus is the Way to the Father.  The Truth is not affected by the fact that a person chooses to disbelieve it.  Reject Jesus, you spend eternity in hell. 

If you are a Christian, you have been crucified with Christ.  Old things (love for the things of this world) are passed and all things are becoming new.  (2 Corinthians 5:17)  If you believe that, it will change the way you live your life.  It will change what is important to you.  Someone once said that you only believe the parts of the Bible that you obey.  The parts you walk in and live out.  Surrender to the Truth is the only way that you can bear spiritual fruit in your life.  Hear – Believe – Obey – Bear Fruit  That is what it takes for real change to take place in your life.  And that’s the Truth.

Trust and Obey

“When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word, What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still, And with all who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)

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