THE ONENESS OF ALL BELIVERS
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
God has given us as his church and enormous responsibility, it is to make disciples of every nation according to Matthew 28: 18-20. This task involves preaching, teaching, healing, nurturing, giving, and administering. Along with those things there are many other tasks that we are called on to do which are not necessarily listed here, but if we had to fulfill this command as individuals women as well give up without even trying because it would be impossible.
The difference is however that we have not been called as individuals but as members of the spiritual body. Some of us can do one task; and some another task but together we can obey God more fully than any of us can buy ourselves, and God is finely tuned into that about our human condition. That is one of the reasons that he tells us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together. It is a human tendency to overestimate what we can do by ourselves and underestimate what we can do as a group. That is one of the tricks that Satan pulls on us continuously, but as a body of believers in Christ Jesus we can accomplish more together than we could ever dream possible. This is also true of the way the church can work to express itself to the world and the fullness of Christ. Remember the fullness of God is fully expressed only in Christ Jesus (Colossians 2:9). It is in our union with Christ and through the empowering of the Holy Spirit that we become complete as God's people. This is called having the fullness of God available to us, but we must take advantage of that fullness through faith and through prayer as we daily live for him. Remember Paul's prayer for the Ephesians is also for you. You can ask the Holy Spirit to fill every aspect of your life to its fullest degree.
Hopefully we can begin to understand and experience the unity of God's Holy Spirit through the body of believers that we worship with it is called the fellowship of believers, or the church. We also need to rely deeply upon the power of God's Spirit to help us activate that fellowship. We all have a glorious hope in the future that we are all called to, but that future cannot come to any of us and less it goes through the Lordship of Jesus Christ to whom we belong. Our faith must be developed through one singular commitment to Christ Jesus alone, and while our baptism is an outward sign of our personal death burial and resurrection in Christ it is also a sign to this world of art entry into the church. We are all a part of the same family; a part of the same kingdom of heaven, and a part of God who is our father who keeps us for all eternity. Way too often believers are separated because of minor differences in doctrines, but Paul speaks to the Ephesian church in chapter 4 by showing them those areas where Christians must agree to attain true unity. When we as believers have this unity of spirit, petty differences should never be allowed to dissolve that unity. In Ephesians 4: 22 it says"you were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." The more I study the word of God the more I see that our old way of life before we believed in Christ is completely in the past. We should put it behind us just like taking off old close to be thrown away. That includes the attitudes and desires of what has been our sinful nature up to the point when we came to Christ. It is both a once for all decision when we decide to accept Jesus Christ and his gift of salvation and it's also a daily conscious commitment that we must make. Not to be driven by desires and impulses. It is time for us to put on a new role, for us to head in a new direction, and to have a new way of thinking that the Holy Spirit will give us.
It is my prayer more than ever that we would begin to look at each other with new eyes. Some of the things that I till those who I teach in Scripture is to learn to look into another's eyes and try to see their spirit within them, for by doing that we see one another with a new nature, and tendency toward forgiveness and love. The holy spirit within us is a seal or a guarantee that we belong to God. This is Christ's law of forgiveness is taught in the Gospels in the book of Matthew and Mark. We find Jesus teaching in the Lord's prayer through his words of"forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors"it is God's a great mercy that is shown in these words. Gun does not forgive us because we have forgiven others but solely because of his great mercy. As we prepare for our worship this coming Sunday let us ask God for new eyes to be able to see the true spirit of those who we fellowship with and worship with, and the true needs of those whom God's Spirit has drawn into that service with us. We need to pray constantly for these revelations and discernment's of God's Holy Spirit. May you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
God has given us as his church and enormous responsibility, it is to make disciples of every nation according to Matthew 28: 18-20. This task involves preaching, teaching, healing, nurturing, giving, and administering. Along with those things there are many other tasks that we are called on to do which are not necessarily listed here, but if we had to fulfill this command as individuals women as well give up without even trying because it would be impossible.
The difference is however that we have not been called as individuals but as members of the spiritual body. Some of us can do one task; and some another task but together we can obey God more fully than any of us can buy ourselves, and God is finely tuned into that about our human condition. That is one of the reasons that he tells us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together. It is a human tendency to overestimate what we can do by ourselves and underestimate what we can do as a group. That is one of the tricks that Satan pulls on us continuously, but as a body of believers in Christ Jesus we can accomplish more together than we could ever dream possible. This is also true of the way the church can work to express itself to the world and the fullness of Christ. Remember the fullness of God is fully expressed only in Christ Jesus (Colossians 2:9). It is in our union with Christ and through the empowering of the Holy Spirit that we become complete as God's people. This is called having the fullness of God available to us, but we must take advantage of that fullness through faith and through prayer as we daily live for him. Remember Paul's prayer for the Ephesians is also for you. You can ask the Holy Spirit to fill every aspect of your life to its fullest degree.
Hopefully we can begin to understand and experience the unity of God's Holy Spirit through the body of believers that we worship with it is called the fellowship of believers, or the church. We also need to rely deeply upon the power of God's Spirit to help us activate that fellowship. We all have a glorious hope in the future that we are all called to, but that future cannot come to any of us and less it goes through the Lordship of Jesus Christ to whom we belong. Our faith must be developed through one singular commitment to Christ Jesus alone, and while our baptism is an outward sign of our personal death burial and resurrection in Christ it is also a sign to this world of art entry into the church. We are all a part of the same family; a part of the same kingdom of heaven, and a part of God who is our father who keeps us for all eternity. Way too often believers are separated because of minor differences in doctrines, but Paul speaks to the Ephesian church in chapter 4 by showing them those areas where Christians must agree to attain true unity. When we as believers have this unity of spirit, petty differences should never be allowed to dissolve that unity. In Ephesians 4: 22 it says"you were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." The more I study the word of God the more I see that our old way of life before we believed in Christ is completely in the past. We should put it behind us just like taking off old close to be thrown away. That includes the attitudes and desires of what has been our sinful nature up to the point when we came to Christ. It is both a once for all decision when we decide to accept Jesus Christ and his gift of salvation and it's also a daily conscious commitment that we must make. Not to be driven by desires and impulses. It is time for us to put on a new role, for us to head in a new direction, and to have a new way of thinking that the Holy Spirit will give us.
It is my prayer more than ever that we would begin to look at each other with new eyes. Some of the things that I till those who I teach in Scripture is to learn to look into another's eyes and try to see their spirit within them, for by doing that we see one another with a new nature, and tendency toward forgiveness and love. The holy spirit within us is a seal or a guarantee that we belong to God. This is Christ's law of forgiveness is taught in the Gospels in the book of Matthew and Mark. We find Jesus teaching in the Lord's prayer through his words of"forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors"it is God's a great mercy that is shown in these words. Gun does not forgive us because we have forgiven others but solely because of his great mercy. As we prepare for our worship this coming Sunday let us ask God for new eyes to be able to see the true spirit of those who we fellowship with and worship with, and the true needs of those whom God's Spirit has drawn into that service with us. We need to pray constantly for these revelations and discernment's of God's Holy Spirit. May you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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