If we are ever to live victorious Christian lives, we must first seriously seek to live obedient sacrificial lives. It’s not more ‘churching’, it’s not louder singing, it’s not even better preaching that’s going to transform us. We will be transformed when we “offer ourselves as living sacrifices” to God (Romans 12:1-2). When we sacrifice our will to live in obedience to His will.
To experience God’s Redemption we must relinquish our worldview/value-system and accept God’s instead.
No one comes to God before first recognizing that he/she is separated from God.
Rather than making God’s Word subject to our desires, we should subject our desires to God’s Word.
Only as the Transformation/Sanctification takes place can we start to prove (know with certainty) the will of God. Without Transformation/Sanctification we cannot know God’s will. And so we stumble, taking uncertain steps in life: never quite sure what we are about, or what to do or where to go and how to get there. We have the Light but not the Sight.
Love is neither theoretical nor abstract. The lover pays a price to love the loved. Jesus gave His life and thereby proved His love for us. He didn’t, and indeed couldn’t, just stay in Heaven and wish us into salvation; a price had to be paid. We too must be willing to pay any price to love our brethren…
Salvation is NOT gained by works.. But works testify that salvation HAS taken place… “Faith without works is dead”.
If Salvation is to achieve its work in us, then it must be everything to us.
When Jesus is our Master, we focus on how we can GLORIFY Him, not on how He can SATISFY us.
Reflections in The WORD 