Thursday, March 05, 2009

Doing God's Will!

Matthew; 7:21
("Not everyone who says to Me 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.)
What is the will of God for us? God wants us to believe in His Son and have eternal life. When a person comes to Christ for salvation, He becomes a new creation in Christ. The Holy Spirit comes and dwells in us and enables us to follow Jesus. He brings to light the truth from the Scriptures and teaches us all things. Without the Holy Spirit, you would not be able to live a life pleasing to God.

There are a lot of pretenders in the world. They say they are born again Christians but are really impostures. They may have said some words but there hasn't been a change of the heart. When Jesus comes into our life, He makes a change of the heart. We no longer live for the flesh but for the Spirit. In essence, we have given control of our lives over to God. We belong to Him now, not ourselves. Our supreme purpose in life now is to bring glory to God.

Romans; 12:1-2
(I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.)
So now that you have given your life to God, you start to live a life that is acceptable to God. That doesn't mean that you can continue living as you did before Christ. The Bible tells us that you can know a tree by it's fruit. A good tree doesn't produce bad fruit and a bad tree doesn't produce good fruit. So if you are out there living as before Jesus, what are we to think? Has there really been a change of heart? Did you really mean what you said to God? Are you a new creation having been born again?

Truly give your life to Jesus today. Ask Him to come into your life and give you a new heart to follow Him. Don't wait until it is to late. Do it today. You don't want to hear Him tell you this.
Matthew; 7:23
(And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!')

God Bless You!

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