Set Free!
If you aren’t controlling your flesh, your flesh is controlling you. Use prayer, confession, & repentance to train yourself.
So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
Galatians 5:1
A spiritually minded man will never come to you with the demand – “Believe this and that;” but with the demand that you square your life with the Standards of Jesus.
*Always keep your life measured by the Standards of Jesus.
*Is there Respect, Honor, Wisdom, Love for the Truth, Responsibility, Accountability…..?
Don’t get impatient, remember how God dealt with you – with patience and with gentleness; BUT NEVER water down the Truth of God.
* Let the TRUTH of God have its way and NEVER apologize for it. Jesus said, “Go and make disciples,” not “make converts to your opinions.”
Galatians 5::13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
*Many people wrongly assume that because we have freedom that we can do anything WE want.
*Just because I have freedom of speech does that mean I can go around and destroy people with my words?
*Just because I have freedom does that mean I can choose activities that would harm others?
Our freedom from the law and religion is not to be used in Selfish Pursuits… rather the freedom we have in Christ is to be used in the Pursuit of Service to others.
*Choose to use your freedom to love others, with TRUTH placing them before yourself.
Watch for the temptation to be discontent, for this will lead to negative attitudes that will seduce you away from the Lord’s blessings for you. Be strong and choose to be thankful for all that He has have given you and all that God has given you to do. Thankfulness will create a spiritual atmosphere that attracts goodness. Be diligent to maintain a positive outlook, for it will benefit you greatly.
1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
*God wants us to not to be caught up in worldly possessions but know that our rewards are in heaven.
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.” 1 Peter 4:17
The Christian worker must never forget that salvation is God’s thought, not man’s.
*Salvation is the great thought of God, not an Experience.
*Experience is only a gateway by which salvation comes into our conscious life. *Never preach the experience; preach the great thought of God behind.
* When we preach we are not proclaiming how man can be saved from hell and be made moral and pure;
*we are conveying good news about God.
In the teachings of Jesus Christ the element of Judgment is always brought out, it is the sign of God’s love.
* NEVER sympathize with a soul who finds it difficult to get to God, God is not to blame.
*It is not for us to find out the reason why it is difficult, BUT so to present the TRUTH of God that the Spirit of God will show what is wrong.
* The great sterling test in preaching is that it brings everyone to judgment. *The Spirit of God locates each one to himself.
If Jesus ever gave us a command He could not enable us to fulfill, He would be a liar; and if we make our inability a barrier to obedience, it means we are telling God there is something He has not taken into account.
* Every element of self-reliance must be slain by the power of God.
* Complete Weakness and dependence will always be the occasion for the Spirit of God to manifest His power.
We are promised trials. It is very easy for us to focus on the circumstances around us and the pain we are feeling instead of looking up to Him.
We have to try our best to step back and look at the big picture.
* God is in control and will be glorified through our trial.
*Our testimony and faith are being built up.
*Our trials are just a small taste of the suffering that Jesus went through. We cannot begin to empathize with what He endured. We will glorify Him by enduring our trials well.
Philippians 3:10. I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,
* To know Him in the Power Of His Resurrection is to know the Holy Spirit. By the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus was raised from the dead. When your sufferings bring you to the brink of death the Holy Spirit Resurrects you.
Galations 2: 20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Do not fear the path that God may lead you on. Embrace it. For God may bring you down a path in your life to ensure the reward of your inheritance. “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Cor. 4:17)
Wisdom is better than knowledge. Knowledge is raw information. Wisdom is knowing how to put that information in Action.
Eccl. 7:14 Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God.
Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
We are often easy to blame someone if we had a bad day. This is a good reminder that God governs both, and we govern how we think about them. Often we can learn more from the bad ones, but take the good ones for granted.
God let me accept each day for what it is, a gift from you. Help me to learn and see your care when I failed and your love when you provided joy. Help us Keep our Eyes on Jesus and Stay on the path of Truth no matter the circumstances. In Jesus Name Amen