Going to church, reading the bible, listening to Christian music will not advance your spiritual life. These activities may give you more understanding but until you are ready to lay down your life and take up your cross this leads nowhere.
What I am talking about is the sacrifice of self to advance the cause of Jesus Christ in the world. There is a destiny that God had for each of us that only we can personally discover. We can discover it only by detaching from the world and making ourselves available for the Holy Spirit. By detaching from the world--now you have time--the commodity that most Christians are not willing to give.
Jesus said, "Self-help is not help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, to finding yourself, your true self. (Matthew 16:25)
"God has planted eternity in the human heart." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." (Acts 20:24)
"We have been sent to speak for Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:20)
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
Albert Finch
www.thekeys2kingdom.com
What I am talking about is the sacrifice of self to advance the cause of Jesus Christ in the world. There is a destiny that God had for each of us that only we can personally discover. We can discover it only by detaching from the world and making ourselves available for the Holy Spirit. By detaching from the world--now you have time--the commodity that most Christians are not willing to give.
Jesus said, "Self-help is not help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, to finding yourself, your true self. (Matthew 16:25)
"God has planted eternity in the human heart." (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
"Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)
"The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me." (Acts 20:24)
"We have been sent to speak for Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:20)
"We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
Albert Finch
www.thekeys2kingdom.com
Witnessing The Cross
Posted 11-18-2010 at 08:26 AM by Albert Finch
Genesis 4:3,4 -- And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Cains offering was rejected because he offered the fruit of his own labors while abel offered a blood sacrifice that prophesied of the coming of Christ. This led to a rage in Cain that caused him to slay his brother.
The cross is the basis of our acceptance to God and remains the primary point of conflict between Christianity and every other religion, which are all based on man's acceptance through works.
1 Corinthians 1:18 -- The preaching of the cross is, I know, nonsense to those who are involved in this dying world, but to us who are being saved from that death it is nothing less than the power of God.
QUESTIONS TO ASK MYSELF:
Am I a "born again" person?
Who am I witnessing the power of God through the Cross of Jesus Christ to today?
Albert Finch
http://twitter.ning.com
http://afministry.ning.com
Cains offering was rejected because he offered the fruit of his own labors while abel offered a blood sacrifice that prophesied of the coming of Christ. This led to a rage in Cain that caused him to slay his brother.
The cross is the basis of our acceptance to God and remains the primary point of conflict between Christianity and every other religion, which are all based on man's acceptance through works.
1 Corinthians 1:18 -- The preaching of the cross is, I know, nonsense to those who are involved in this dying world, but to us who are being saved from that death it is nothing less than the power of God.
QUESTIONS TO ASK MYSELF:
Am I a "born again" person?
Who am I witnessing the power of God through the Cross of Jesus Christ to today?
Albert Finch
http://twitter.ning.com
http://afministry.ning.com
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