SPIRITUAL IMPRESSIONS
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
I think it is very important for us as Christians to have a direction to follow that is absolute in life. So much has become tentative and grey in it's clearity in this life that we must work twice as hard to maintain a sense of real truth in this life.
Always before we could know the good guys by what they said because what they said indicated what they believed to be true...but that is no longer the case. What people say today are usually based upon some kind of hidden agenda that is purposely hidden from the sight of all but a very few. What is called the "public Image" is so often not even close to who the real person is that the two personas could not even be recognized as being the same person. Unfortunately that is the case with almost all public figures today including politicians, and so we begin to see the result that deceit brings in our lives when we get fooled by words.
Our Christian lives have had to go well beyond simply saying that we believe in Christ and in the word of God. Not only must we continue to say this , but now we must also prove our intent of heart to the world around us in some way. For a great many people they have turned to an attempt to produce good works as a sign that they have a pure intent of heart toward God, and yet even now we are finding that Good works alone are not enough when it comes to any real spiritual growth. As much as anything I believe that we need to some how communicate what we really mean by a relationship with God, and that takes on an entirely different kind of work. This meaning can only be shown the world by the ways we treat those who are supposed to be our family members in Christ, because unless the world can see a model of life that God can use to draw them unto Himself we are useless to God. We show others what we mean by the love we speak of and the actions we take to love one another, and this allows the Holy Spirit to once again draw people unto Himself so that we can again minister to them.
It is never easy for anyone to actually live out the Christian life alone, and it become nothing more than an odity when people see one person lives Christ out by themselves. The only real way of confirming the changing power of God's Spirit within us is for a group of people to begin to show those around them what they mean by their words and their actions through demonstrating those things to the world of people around them. As we show this world how to actually live out the Good News of Christ toward one another we are also showing the world where it is that we are headed in life and spiritually toward our created purpose in Christ. This world will actually get a glimpse of what Heaven might look like when all people come together in a state of unity and like minded faith. It is my personal prayer that we can begin to see that happen in various places around this world...hopefully right here in this area....may you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
I think it is very important for us as Christians to have a direction to follow that is absolute in life. So much has become tentative and grey in it's clearity in this life that we must work twice as hard to maintain a sense of real truth in this life.
Always before we could know the good guys by what they said because what they said indicated what they believed to be true...but that is no longer the case. What people say today are usually based upon some kind of hidden agenda that is purposely hidden from the sight of all but a very few. What is called the "public Image" is so often not even close to who the real person is that the two personas could not even be recognized as being the same person. Unfortunately that is the case with almost all public figures today including politicians, and so we begin to see the result that deceit brings in our lives when we get fooled by words.
Our Christian lives have had to go well beyond simply saying that we believe in Christ and in the word of God. Not only must we continue to say this , but now we must also prove our intent of heart to the world around us in some way. For a great many people they have turned to an attempt to produce good works as a sign that they have a pure intent of heart toward God, and yet even now we are finding that Good works alone are not enough when it comes to any real spiritual growth. As much as anything I believe that we need to some how communicate what we really mean by a relationship with God, and that takes on an entirely different kind of work. This meaning can only be shown the world by the ways we treat those who are supposed to be our family members in Christ, because unless the world can see a model of life that God can use to draw them unto Himself we are useless to God. We show others what we mean by the love we speak of and the actions we take to love one another, and this allows the Holy Spirit to once again draw people unto Himself so that we can again minister to them.
It is never easy for anyone to actually live out the Christian life alone, and it become nothing more than an odity when people see one person lives Christ out by themselves. The only real way of confirming the changing power of God's Spirit within us is for a group of people to begin to show those around them what they mean by their words and their actions through demonstrating those things to the world of people around them. As we show this world how to actually live out the Good News of Christ toward one another we are also showing the world where it is that we are headed in life and spiritually toward our created purpose in Christ. This world will actually get a glimpse of what Heaven might look like when all people come together in a state of unity and like minded faith. It is my personal prayer that we can begin to see that happen in various places around this world...hopefully right here in this area....may you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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