We are Saved so that we can Love God and Love Each Other
We come to Christ for salvation so that we can love God and love others. The essential outworking of our faith is love.
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The Urgent Imperative of Ministry: Stop Stalling, Start Serving
You have the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has equipped you. the Holy Spirit is ready to move. Let’s go!
Too many believers spend their whole lives figuring out their gift. Debating, pondering, considering, but never actually employing their gift/s in ministry to the brethren/church.
Holy Hospitality
The opportunity to help, to minister, to bless others, in any way, should always be welcomed. Welcomed because we want so much to serve God. But, in so many aspects of life, we prefer to serve only who, and when, and how we want. And, thus, we don’t really serve at all, no matter what we decide to do.
Has God Already Provided for your Taxes?
The children of God live in the Kingdom of God, therefore, no tax in any kingdom of man can stop/hinder the work of a child of God going about their Father’s business in the Kingdom of God. God the Father had already provided for our earthly needs, so no earthly tax can stop you or me from doing the work of God here on earth.
Jehovah’s Judgments | 5. Exploitation
We should never assume that God is comfortable with our sinfulness. Just because we don’t see God moving doesn’t mean He is standing still. Contrary to what the merchants of Judah thought, God does judge sin.
Jehovah’s Judgments | 4. Defiance
The real issue that we face when we don’t have authority is that we want it. And often we will do whatever it takes to get it or to resist it or to undermine it. However, it is God that bestows authority. No one can have authority unless God allows him/her to have it. Therefore, to rebel against authority is to rebel against God.
There is no Faith when God is Optional
The truth about our faith comes during the storms of life, when things are desperate and it looks like Jesus is asleep.
Jehovah’s Judgments | 3. Worldliness
Judah’s elite were imitating the idolatrous cultures of the neighboring ungodly kingdoms. Why should God’s people use God’s blessings to imitate the lifestyles of those who hate God?
Jehovah’s Judgments | 2. Pride
If I can live without God some of the time, then I can live without Him all of the time: Therefore, I don’t need Him. That is the definition of pride. If I don’t need God, then I am my own God.
Jehovah’s Judgments | 1. Idolatry
Idolatry has no place in the Body of Christ. We cannot lead anyone to Christ if we do not believe in His exclusive lordship over our lives. We cannot lead anyone to faith in Christ if our faith is compromised by idolatry. We cannot be priests of God and serve another “god”.
Reflections in The WORD 