 Living in grace (23 views)
From:  Watchman77    10/31/2002 5:29 am  
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living in grace = Romans 14:22, Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23, And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.


Romans 2:14, For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15, Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

Luke 10:27, And He answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28, And He said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

Romans 13:8, Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9, For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10, Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Galatians 5:13, For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14, For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

James 2:8, If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9, But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10, For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

living in grace puts us in a position where God can love through us and by God loving through us it brings us into an understanding of just how much God loves the world... God grieves for every sinner who is lost and stumbling in darkness, He grieves for the murderer and the adulturer, He feels their pain and their confusion and has compassion for them, He died for their sin as much as He died for mine. He loves them and saved them the same as He did  me, for He saved ALL mankind when He died on the cross... they are His children and He wants them to come back to Him... God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Ezekiel 33:1, Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

God wants ALL men to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth.. 1Timothy 2:3, For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4, Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5, For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6, Who gave Himself a ransom forALL, to be testified in due time.

living in grace also brings much responsibility, for to whom much is given, much is required in return... Luke 12:48, But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

we as "christians" have been given much grace by the knowledge of WHO Jesus is and WHAT He did... we are responsible for taking this message to those who are being held captive by the lusts of the flesh and their fear of death... we are to show them the great love that God has for them and the free gift He has given them in the Sacrificial Lamb slain from the foundations of the world... if man knows that he is not in subjection to the flesh, and that his life is really in the spirit, this will set them free to choose to feed the spirit and let the needs of the flesh be taken care of by God.. Matthew 6: 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

if we show men that they do not have to fear death, we are helping them to break free of the captivity of the flesh.. Hebrews 2:15, And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage once man understands that this life is not THE Life, it is just a prelude to what is coming.. this gives them the freewill to again focus on what is important, instead of the things of this world they will seek to store treasures in the world to come...

but if we as "christians" remain in bondage to sin because of the lusts of our flesh, then how can we show the lost anything? How can we expect them to do WITHOUT knowledge of Jesus what we cannot even do WITH knowledge of Jesus? Luke 12:47, And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48, But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Hebrews 10:26, For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28, He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29, Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

if we KNOW it is the will of God to be perfect and sin not and we continue to sin even KNOWING we have His Holy Spirit living in us and conforming us into the image of the Living God, if we KNOW the price Jesus paid for our sin, but continue living in sin, then we ARE NOT "preparing ourselves" and we are worthy of punishment. But those who do the same things we do, but do not KNOW Jesus are not worthy do suffer as great a punishment as those who KNOW to do better and DON'T. 

We as christians have been chosen and called out to do the job that the jews were suppose to do and because of unbelief and disobedience were passed over the first time Jesus came... but we as christians for the most part are failing as miserably as the jew to bring the Word of God to the world, we are not speaking what God is telling us to speak, we, like the jew, have added and taken away from the Word of God so much that He is no longer recongnisable to those who seek Him... no wonder so many people in the world "reject Jesus" it is because they have never SEEN Him in His "body/followers" it is time we get out of the churches and into the streets and byways and SHOW Jesus to people, instead of telling them what WE KNOW about Him... 

There has been much upset over recent understandings that I have come to in the past few months, these are not "new things" they are answers to question I have been searching before God many, many years.. they are revelations that He has given to me because of my faithfulness and obedience.. God sees my heart and KNOWS is is pure before Him, He knows that although my flesh is weak and sometimes stumbles and sins, that my heart is pure and seeks only to serve Him in spirit and truth... God KNOWS me and He accepts me and He is making me clean so that He can use ME in this time of such great deception.. if this offends people that I say this, then I am very, very sorry, because that only means that you have not gotten close enough to the LORD Jesus to let Him use you, and for this it breaks my heart, because you are not coming into the wonderful complete relationship with God that Jesus died for... you are not taking full advantage of what Jesus did for you and how much He loves you... you are NOT KNOWING Jesus. Please re-examine your heart and see if the love of God trully dwells there, not love for those who love you, not love for those who are "good enough" to love, but the love of God for the whole world, for the godly and the ungodly, for the righteous and the unrighteous... for those who are lost and for those who are blind and deaf... God loves ALL His creation, and He is not willing that any should perish... I KNOW that it is through Jesus that ALL men are saved.


 

 

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