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God does not want His children to walk in darkness as the people of this world do. We are children of light and God tells us to “walk as children of light.” The Bible says,
Do not live your lives as though there is no God.
The Bible says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” (Proverbs 9:10)
To fear God means to continually be aware that we live in God’s presence all the times, to remember God is supreme and to honor Him as our God. We will not displease Him or grieve Him. You will no longer be so concerned about what others may think of you or how they remark you. What you are concerned of is how to please the Lord.
“So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him ” (II Corinthians 5:9)
Our God is all-wise. All the true wisdom comes from Him. God delights to give His wisdom to all those who come to Him and ask for it. The Bible says,
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him”(James 1:5 )
We are constantly being exposed to the thoughts, ideas, and values of the world. Before we were saved, we accepted the ways of the world. Consequently our minds were filled with many wrong thoughts and ideas. To get rid of them, we have to renew our mind with the words of God. The Bible says,
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)
“Renewing” our minds means replacing wrong thoughts and ideas in our minds with God’s truth and words and we will be transformed to be more like Lord Jesus.
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32)
Being wise means choosing what God wants us to do and do what pleases God only.
“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” (John 13:17)
We believe that Jesus died and came back to life. We also believe that through Jesus, God will bring back those who have died. They will come back with Jesus.
Death is an unknown thing, we are much in the dark about the state of the dead, the state after death, yet there are some things concerning those who die in the Lord that we ought not to be ignorant of it.
If these things are really understood, they will be sufficient to allay our sorrow over our lost ones, we should be able to comfort those who mourn for the death of their closed ones, relatives and friends that died in the Lord, to be able to dissuade them from excessive grief and sorrow.
Those who have died in the Lord are actually retired out of this troublesome world, to rest from all their labors and sorrows, and they sleep in Jesus. Their souls are in the Lord’s presence. If we understand this, then we must not be immoderate in our sorrows because happy are those who die in the Lord. They have rest from their hard labors and works. Though they were laid in their last earthy resting place, weary and worn out, but such shall not be their awakening when the fullness of time come !
When the fullness of time come, those who died in the Lord shall be raised up from the dead, and awakened out of their sleep, for God will bring them with Him. They shall be awakened from their deep slumber and the Lord will give unto them the fullness of their redemption. They wake up in beauty and glory with a glorifying body. What an awaking! Through the divine power of our God, we will put on the wedding garment of incorruption.
Unlike the Gentiles, who had no hope of a better life after this life, we Christians have a most assured hope, the hope of an eternal life after this life, which God has promised us. This hope is more than enough to balance all our grief which we suffer in this present life.
The death and resurrection of Christ are fundamental articles of all the Christians to give us hope of a joyful resurrection, for Christ, having risen from the dead, has become the first fruits of those who slept. His resurrection is a full confirmation of all that is said in the gospel which has brought life and immortality to light.
Those who “sleep in Jesus”, their souls are now before the throne of God praising Him day and night.
Blessed are those who “sleep in Jesus”!
To become a child of God, you must believe and receive Lord Jesus Christ as your savior. You must not only believe Him for who He was and what He did, but you must receive Him as your personal life savior. We receive Him by asking Him to come into our heart.
Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me ” (Revelation 3:20)
Lord Jesus will come to live in our heart. The Bible says,
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God “(John 1:12)
A truly repented believer who receive Christ will have the desire to share Christ with others. He always wants others to experience the joy and peace that he has found in Christ. He will also love those who are his brothers and sisters in Christ.
The Bible tells us, “We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death” (1 John 3:14)
A person who is truly saved cares for the things of the Lord,
The Bible says, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new ” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
A truly born again believer will have the Holy Spirit living in him.
The Bible says, “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” (Romans 8:16)
Christ will definitely come to live in the heart of every true Christian.
Paul said, “Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20)
Have you taken Christ as your Savior? Are you a child of God now?
Some people say there is no God, some believe that man came from Evolution. Some believe that when they died, everything will come to an end.
These are all godless concepts. These are the people who anti-God, anti-Christ, living a life full of the flesh.
Praise God for the Rapture! We know the Bible talks of this day coming and what an awful day it will be in this world. The Bible assured us that it is the truth.
We know that Man is incapable of ruling his own life by His own strength so it is either God or the Devil, Christ or the Flesh who is ruling over their life.
God in His love and mercy has given us Christ to save us from our sins.
According to the Bible,
- There is a God.
- It is God who created us.
- He has provided us a Savior (Christ) to deliver us from sin and gives us eternal life.
- We are to live for Him and to serve Him only. Since Jesus Christ died to save us from our sins, we must die to self-will and live to glorify Him only. He, in turn will give us abundant life on this earth.
- We are to obey God’s commandments. All mankind will be judged for the way they live on earth, the unsaved will be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment and the saved at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
- He promises to give us spiritual victory and a holy living. All Christians must abstain from moral impurity.
- He promises to give us spiritual freedom, the fruit of the Spirit and an abundant life.
Jesus Christ is our King! We are to be faithful to God, His son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. We must also be faithful to our country, and our leaders because they are all set up my our God.
Grace has often been defined as “God’s unmerited favor”. It is something God does for us.
Grace is
- God’s mighty power working for us.
- Do things for us that we could never do for ourselves.
- Our salvation is all of God’s grace.
God loved us and saved us by His grace. The Bible says,
“And you He made alive, you were dead in the trespasses and sins.” (Ephesians 2:1)
When we were “dead in trespasses and sins”, it was God’s power working in us that made us alive spiritually. It was all God’s grace.
The Bible tells us, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)
What is God’s provision for us now? His provision is His grace, His mighty power working in us. Regardless of what our situation might be, God says to us, “My grace is sufficient for you”
God’s grace for us is simply Christ living in us. When God says, “My grace is sufficient for you” He is saying, “My Christ is sufficient for you. Trust Him. He can give you victory in every of your situation.”
If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)
Believing the facts that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for the sins of the world, but do not love Him nor willing to obey Him and follow Him. This kind of faith is not true faith in Christ and it will never bring salvation.
God’s salvation is a person—the living Lord Jesus Himself. The Bible says, “He who has the Son has life.” (1 John 5:12).
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”(Acts 16:31)
To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ means to believe that He is the Son of God and that He is worthy to be praised, loved, worshiped, and obeyed by us. We must obey Him, obey what His words. Love Him truly!
The Bible not only stresses on faith only but it also stresses on love. We must give our heart to the Lord completely.
The Lord Jesus was asked one day, “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?”
And Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37, 38)
Loving the Lord must be the choice of our will. We must lift our heart to Him and say like what David said,
“I love you, O Lord, my strength.” (Psalm 18:1)
Jesus said, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.” (John 14:23)
May we be able to know Him more clearly, love Him more dearly and follow Him more nearly day by day!
Jesus is the Word of God，He is the Lamb of God，He is the living Bread which came down from Heaven. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Jesus is the Good Shepherd, He is the Resurrection and the Life, Jesus is the true Vine, He is the One who died for our sins. He is the living, resurrected Christ.
“For the Lord takes pleasure in his people” (Psalms 149:4)
There is no part of his people’s interests that the Lord does not consider, and there is nothing which concerns us that is not important to the Lord. How comprehensive is the love of Lord to us!
“The very hairs of your head are all numbered.” “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighted in his way.”
We, as believers of Christ must be rest assured that the heart of Jesus cares about our smallest affairs. We can turn to him regarding all matters, for in all our afflictions he is afflicted also, and just like how a father pities his children, so does he pity us also.
Christ’s love has brought to us – justification, adoption, sanctification and eternal life! The riches of his goodness are unsearchable, we shall never be able to tell them out or even conceive them.
We are all beloved children of the Lord, watched over by the Lord, taken care by the Lord, provided in all things by the Lord, and defended by the Lord – all through the precious blood of Christ.
All his corrections are sent to us with love, to purify us and to
draw us nearer to himself. We have to accept it with a heart of gratitude and be rejoice over it.
“For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”（2 Tim. 1:7）
The spirit of fear is from Satan. Don’t accept it! God does not give us the spirit of fear; instead, He gives us the spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
If you are God’s child, God has begun a good work in you. He will continue that work until the day you go to meet Him
“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” （Phil. 1:6）
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” （Phil. 4:13）
“Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.” （Eph. 6:10）
We are not to be strong in ourselves but we are to be strong in the Lord.
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” （Romans 8:31）
Child of God, God is for you. Since God is for you, it doesn’t matter who is against you.
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” （Romans 8:28）
To overcome temptation, we must not make any provision for the flesh.
The Bible says,
“Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil its lusts.” (Romans 13:14)
Saturate your mind with God’s Word.
The Bible tells us, “Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” (Psalm 119:11)
God requires us to listen to Him with our full attention. The Bible teaches us that the primary key of receiving healing is hearing. The key to healing is hearing. Jesus said to His disciple, “Take heed of what you hear.” He also said, “Take heed how you hear.”
He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the disease I brought on the Egyptians for I am the Lord, who heals you. (Exodus 15:26)
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. (Proverbs 4:20-22)
How does faith comes? By hearing the word of God. As we listen to the Word of God carefully, out of that “hearing’, faith will start to develop.
We must listen to the Word of God with undivided attention, listen with both ears, focused on the Word of God, do not be distracted by other things.
Many of us read Bible but never hear from God because we our minds are occupied with other things while reading the Bible. Our thoughts are wondering away as what to eat for dinner, what our children are doing at that moment and so on ……………….. There are other forces at work in our minds, thus we are not focusing on what we read, then how are we to hear from God and act it out?
For we, the Christians, our spiritual food is the Word of God.
The Bible says, “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation.”(I Peter 2:2)
When we read and meditate God’s Word into our lives, His words become a part of us.
How to let His words become a part of us?
We must obey what the Bible tells us to do. The Bible says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves”(James 1:22)
When we read God’s Word, let us believe what the words say, its truths, claim its promises, and obey its commands. We must not have any doubt!
When you read the Bible, ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand it.
We have to memorize some important verses in the Bible because at times we do want to witness to others, but we do not know what to say. If we have memorized the scriptures, we can say, “Here is what God says,” and we will be able to say it with confidence because it is the Word of God. The Holy Spirit will always guide us to use the right words and verses.
As we memorize a portion of God’s Word, we are equipping ourselves with to serve God.
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