I LOVE *GOD*, my LORD, my SAVIOUR, my HOLY SPIRIT, my KING, my EVERYTHING!!!
BECAUSE I LOVE HIM, I WILLINGLY align, and, adapt, to HIS WORD, HIS precepts, HIS Laws, HIS Ways, HIS Will, as, I KNOW there is NO OTHER WAY, AND, I WANT, even, NEED to bring HIM pleasure, in honoring HIM, in ALL ways I can possibly do so!!!
Having FAITH MIGHT be enough for some of you; for me, it is only the beginning! I have taken upon my shoulders, HIS yoke, for better, or, for worse, for one reason; LOVE!!!
1 PETER holds much of the meat of my walk with *GOD*, and so, I will share with you, that which most SPEAKS to me, that you might understand HOW I can be so willing to adjust MY behaviours, and, character to HIS Ways, and, WHY I feel an imperative need to do so...
Let us begin with 1 PETER 1:13-17...
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
And, to reinforce the above Scripture, let us look at ROMANS 6:3-13...
3 Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.
5 For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection.
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin.
7 For a dead person has been absolved from sin.
8 If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
9 We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.
10 As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God.
11 Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as (being) dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
13 And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness...
IF we have died in baptism, with our LORD, *GOD*, JESUS, and, have been absolved of all sin, does this mean that we can continue to sin, under this covenant? NO! This means that PAST sin has been forgiven, overlooked, and, obscured, BUT, that we NOW understand that we ARE to LIVE in thought, action, and, emotion, BY *GOD'S* instructions, becoming as WHOLESOMELY GOOD AS IS FEASIBLE, given our human condition, and, the onslaught of the deceiver's attempts to REMOVE us from our end of the pact, the pact of HOLINESS!!!
Let's read, and, understand this to the best of our ability! ROMANS 6:15-18...
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Of course not!
16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
17 But thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.
18 Freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness...
IN Baptism, you became a SLAVE of RIGHTEOUSNESS! Meaning, you ARE to LIVE as HE WILLS it, following HIS Ways, and, existing in LOVE, PEACE, and, AWAY from the world's ways! You CANNOT become HOLY by being bound to the world; again, I have to say to you, YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, it is EITHER, salvation, or, death, both, eternal!!!
BECAUSE I take my role as a Child of *GOD* SERIOUSLY, I KNOW that I DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS GIFT of CHRIST! I KNOW that IN ORDER to be ONE with the BODY of the TEMPLE, of the CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, I MUST adhere, align, adjust, and, be constant, as well as, consistent, IN my EFFORTS to fulfill the RIGHT to the GIFT!!!
Remember this? ROMANS 11:17-24...
17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!...
SO, you SEE, despite the claim by MANY that FAITH is ENOUGH towards salvation, Scripture PROVES, time, and, again, the RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH COUPLED with FAITH, ARE the measure of our WORTH! Besides that, I, personally, do NOT do much half-way, or, half-heartedly; instead, WHEN I make a decision, or, do anything, I APPLY MY BEST to the task at hand, so, I would fall short, within, IF I did NOT align TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, to my *GOD*, WHOM I LOVE SO VERY MUCH!!!
The NEW TESTAMENT is FULL of INSTRUCTIONS to LIVING in YOUR GIFT, CHRIST JESUS, which IS very SERIOUS in content! Don't allow the world, or, humanity, to trip up YOUR ascension! READ, STUDY, DEVOUR, LEARN, LISTEN, and, DEVELOP FROM HIS INSTRUCTIONS; they ARE 'THE WAY', through CHRIST!!!
Don't be arrogant in your walk towards *GOD*; don't EXPECT that because you have part of the quotient, that you are inclusive! ALWAYS FEAR your stance with *GOD*, because, just as is stated above, 'For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either'. I go towards *GOD* with THIS ATTITUDE: I KNOW I was born into, and, will die, in sin, but, I will EVER ATTEMPT to RIGHT THE WRONGS of my existence, of my thoughts, of my actions, of my mouth, of my inclinations, DESPITE what is to come; BECAUSE I LOVE *GOD*, myself, others, and, the PROMISES of HIS own WORD! Whether I CAN be forgiven for my wrongs, or not, is not consequential to my walk towards HIM, what IS IMPERATIVE is, MY CONSTANT, and, CONSISTENT EFFORT to MAKE MYSELF, from the INSIDE OUTWARDLY, AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE, in light of my human condition, WITH A SINCERE HEART FOR BELIEF THAT HIS WAY, IS THE ONLY WAY! See, what I mean???
Next up, more from 1 PETER, concerning our responsibility to THE GIFT!!!
Have a BLESSED week, walk in LOVE, give the best of self, share PEACE, and, PRAISE *GOD* in all ways, that HIS GLORY is ever evident, despite the world's ways:)))
REV. LWINSOR © 2011
ALL RIGHTS RETAINED/RESERVED IN AUTHORSHIP
*except for BIBLICAL, and/or, other references*
BECAUSE I LOVE HIM, I WILLINGLY align, and, adapt, to HIS WORD, HIS precepts, HIS Laws, HIS Ways, HIS Will, as, I KNOW there is NO OTHER WAY, AND, I WANT, even, NEED to bring HIM pleasure, in honoring HIM, in ALL ways I can possibly do so!!!
Having FAITH MIGHT be enough for some of you; for me, it is only the beginning! I have taken upon my shoulders, HIS yoke, for better, or, for worse, for one reason; LOVE!!!
1 PETER holds much of the meat of my walk with *GOD*, and so, I will share with you, that which most SPEAKS to me, that you might understand HOW I can be so willing to adjust MY behaviours, and, character to HIS Ways, and, WHY I feel an imperative need to do so...
Let us begin with 1 PETER 1:13-17...
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
And, to reinforce the above Scripture, let us look at ROMANS 6:3-13...
3 Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.
5 For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection.
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin.
7 For a dead person has been absolved from sin.
8 If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.
9 We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.
10 As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God.
11 Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as (being) dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
13 And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness...
IF we have died in baptism, with our LORD, *GOD*, JESUS, and, have been absolved of all sin, does this mean that we can continue to sin, under this covenant? NO! This means that PAST sin has been forgiven, overlooked, and, obscured, BUT, that we NOW understand that we ARE to LIVE in thought, action, and, emotion, BY *GOD'S* instructions, becoming as WHOLESOMELY GOOD AS IS FEASIBLE, given our human condition, and, the onslaught of the deceiver's attempts to REMOVE us from our end of the pact, the pact of HOLINESS!!!
Let's read, and, understand this to the best of our ability! ROMANS 6:15-18...
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Of course not!
16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
17 But thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.
18 Freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness...
IN Baptism, you became a SLAVE of RIGHTEOUSNESS! Meaning, you ARE to LIVE as HE WILLS it, following HIS Ways, and, existing in LOVE, PEACE, and, AWAY from the world's ways! You CANNOT become HOLY by being bound to the world; again, I have to say to you, YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, it is EITHER, salvation, or, death, both, eternal!!!
BECAUSE I take my role as a Child of *GOD* SERIOUSLY, I KNOW that I DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS GIFT of CHRIST! I KNOW that IN ORDER to be ONE with the BODY of the TEMPLE, of the CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, I MUST adhere, align, adjust, and, be constant, as well as, consistent, IN my EFFORTS to fulfill the RIGHT to the GIFT!!!
Remember this? ROMANS 11:17-24...
17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!...
SO, you SEE, despite the claim by MANY that FAITH is ENOUGH towards salvation, Scripture PROVES, time, and, again, the RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH COUPLED with FAITH, ARE the measure of our WORTH! Besides that, I, personally, do NOT do much half-way, or, half-heartedly; instead, WHEN I make a decision, or, do anything, I APPLY MY BEST to the task at hand, so, I would fall short, within, IF I did NOT align TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, to my *GOD*, WHOM I LOVE SO VERY MUCH!!!
The NEW TESTAMENT is FULL of INSTRUCTIONS to LIVING in YOUR GIFT, CHRIST JESUS, which IS very SERIOUS in content! Don't allow the world, or, humanity, to trip up YOUR ascension! READ, STUDY, DEVOUR, LEARN, LISTEN, and, DEVELOP FROM HIS INSTRUCTIONS; they ARE 'THE WAY', through CHRIST!!!
Don't be arrogant in your walk towards *GOD*; don't EXPECT that because you have part of the quotient, that you are inclusive! ALWAYS FEAR your stance with *GOD*, because, just as is stated above, 'For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either'. I go towards *GOD* with THIS ATTITUDE: I KNOW I was born into, and, will die, in sin, but, I will EVER ATTEMPT to RIGHT THE WRONGS of my existence, of my thoughts, of my actions, of my mouth, of my inclinations, DESPITE what is to come; BECAUSE I LOVE *GOD*, myself, others, and, the PROMISES of HIS own WORD! Whether I CAN be forgiven for my wrongs, or not, is not consequential to my walk towards HIM, what IS IMPERATIVE is, MY CONSTANT, and, CONSISTENT EFFORT to MAKE MYSELF, from the INSIDE OUTWARDLY, AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE, in light of my human condition, WITH A SINCERE HEART FOR BELIEF THAT HIS WAY, IS THE ONLY WAY! See, what I mean???
Next up, more from 1 PETER, concerning our responsibility to THE GIFT!!!
Have a BLESSED week, walk in LOVE, give the best of self, share PEACE, and, PRAISE *GOD* in all ways, that HIS GLORY is ever evident, despite the world's ways:)))
REV. LWINSOR © 2011
ALL RIGHTS RETAINED/RESERVED IN AUTHORSHIP
*except for BIBLICAL, and/or, other references*
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