Sunday, May 22, 2011

Are you a true Christian?

There are many Christians today who have said they are consecrated to the Lord, but they have not died.  There is no such thing.  We are either dead or we are not, there is no gray area.  If we are dead, then Gal 2:20 is real in our lives.  So too is II Cor 5:17.  We are alive in Christ Jesus, we abide in Him and we walk as He walked on this earth.  (1 John 2:6)

This IS what we are to preach.  This is the TRUE GOSPEL.  Anything that does NOT include all of this is a false gospel.  The true gospel includes the resurrection life of Jesus Christ living in us to cause us to conform to the way of life HE lived.  But until we have our white funeral; until we have truly died on the cross; we can NEVER abide in Christ Jesus for only Jesus can live like Jesus.

Many say they want to witness to the world.  What is a better witness than the life of Jesus Christ being lived today?  What will draw people faster a man centered gospel that does not save but give lip service to a life of separateness?  OR a life that is lived in absolute surrender to Jesus Christ where the old man is dead and the new man lives JUST LIKE JESUS?  Which life shows the power of God?  Which life is the kind of life we see in the New Testament?

If someone wants to be the best evangelist they can be, then they need the VERY LIFE of Jesus Christ living in them to show the world, and even the lukewarm Christians what a REAL Christian is like.  If someone lives like this, they will not have to devise methods of evangelizing their lives will BE an evangelizing tool!  In fact, they may have to seek out time to be alone with God for all the ministry they will be involved in.

Pastor and preacher, do you honestly think you can do a better job of preaching than Jesus?  If not, then STOP; rest in Him and allow HIM to do the work.  Prophet and Apostle, do you honestly think you can be what the Lord has called you to be without Jesus living it for you?  Do not count on it!  You will burn out faster than a candle with both ends lit. (why do you think we have burn out anyway?)


I KNOW that one of the biggest reasons the REAL CHURCH is not more effective today is because so few live in this place of TOTAL SANCTIFICATION!  If we are truly out of the way, then Jesus is REALLY Free to do HIS work.  And we won’t have to blame others for a lack of anointing for He will ALWAYS be with us, rivers of living water flowing through us CONSTANTLY out to all of those around us.


Revelation 3:20

 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Luke 12:36

..and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

  

3 comments:

  1. Psalm 139:23-24
    Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my anxieties, And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

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  2. How to become a good loving friend:
    1 . LISTEN without ***** Interrupting. ( Proverbs 18)
    2. SPEAK without ****** Accusing. (James 1:9)
    3. GIVE without ******* Sparing. (Proverbs 21:26)
    4. PRAY without ****** Ceasing. (Colossians 1:9)
    5. ANSWER without ***** Arguing. (Proverbs 17:1)
    6. SHARE without ***** Pretending. (Ephesians 4:15)
    7. ENJOY without ***** Complaining. (Philippians 2:14)
    8. TRUST without ***** Wavering. ( 1 Corinthians 13:7)
    9. FORGIVE without ***** Punishing. (Colossians 3:13)
    10. PROMISE without ****Forgetting. (proverbs 13)

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  3. I believe that the Bible is only authority to decide what is right to do, think and even speak in every possible situation. It is the only standard for rules that functions in reality and laws about the life for every human being. No one can avoid those rules and laws regardless if you believe or not. I also believe that those words are completely pure from falsehood despite all Bible versions ,even if many of them are corrupted, there is still pure spiritual meaning that everyone can understand if their approach is pure and by faith.

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