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
Right Standing With God - 2 (of 8)
Posted 08-03-2016 at 04:38 PM by Albert Finch
l. What is the Kingdom of God?
Answer: Your spirit in union with God and the laws that govern that spirit realm.
"For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." - Romans 14:17
"Jesus answered and said to him, 'Truly,truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.'" - John 3:3
"The kingdom of God does not come visibly, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'there it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." - Luke 17:20,21
2. Is it God's will for us to experience life as it is in the Kingdom of God?
Answer: Find answer in the scriptures.
"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you...for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom." - Luke 12;31,32
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." - Ephesians 1:3
"And raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." - Ephesians 2:6
3. What law governs the Kingdom of God?
Answer: Find answer in the scriptures.
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death." - Romans 8:2
"If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the spirit." - Galatians 5:25
4. What is the righteousness of God?
Answer: The ability to stand in the presence of God without the sense of sin, guilt, or inferiority.
"Jesus has cleared the way by the blood of his sacrifice, acting as our priest before God. The 'curtain' into God's presence is his body... -- full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out." - Hebrews 10:21,22 The Message
"Therefore there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." - Romans 8:1
5. How do we receive His righteousness?
Answer: We receive our righteousness by faith in the substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Adams sin brought punishment to all but Christ's righteousness makes men right with God, so that they can live." - Romans 5:18
"This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." - Romans 3:22
"God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." - 2 Corinthians 5:21
INTO ACTION:
Affirm and meditate on the indicated scriptures several times daily until the renewing of your mind is made real to your spirit.
AFFIRMATIONS:
The Kingdom of God -- which is righteousness, and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit -- is within me. (Luke 17:21 & Romans 14:17)
As I seek the Kingdom of God, all things God has for me will be added. (Luke 12:30-32)
Since I am in Christ Jesus, God has made available to me wisdom, righteousness and sanctification, and redemption through faith in the blood of Jesus. (Romans 3:25)
Answer: Your spirit in union with God and the laws that govern that spirit realm.
"For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." - Romans 14:17
"Jesus answered and said to him, 'Truly,truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.'" - John 3:3
"The kingdom of God does not come visibly, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'there it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." - Luke 17:20,21
2. Is it God's will for us to experience life as it is in the Kingdom of God?
Answer: Find answer in the scriptures.
"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you...for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom." - Luke 12;31,32
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." - Ephesians 1:3
"And raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." - Ephesians 2:6
3. What law governs the Kingdom of God?
Answer: Find answer in the scriptures.
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death." - Romans 8:2
"If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the spirit." - Galatians 5:25
4. What is the righteousness of God?
Answer: The ability to stand in the presence of God without the sense of sin, guilt, or inferiority.
"Jesus has cleared the way by the blood of his sacrifice, acting as our priest before God. The 'curtain' into God's presence is his body... -- full of belief, confident that we're presentable inside and out." - Hebrews 10:21,22 The Message
"Therefore there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." - Romans 8:1
5. How do we receive His righteousness?
Answer: We receive our righteousness by faith in the substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Adams sin brought punishment to all but Christ's righteousness makes men right with God, so that they can live." - Romans 5:18
"This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." - Romans 3:22
"God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." - 2 Corinthians 5:21
INTO ACTION:
Affirm and meditate on the indicated scriptures several times daily until the renewing of your mind is made real to your spirit.
AFFIRMATIONS:
The Kingdom of God -- which is righteousness, and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit -- is within me. (Luke 17:21 & Romans 14:17)
As I seek the Kingdom of God, all things God has for me will be added. (Luke 12:30-32)
Since I am in Christ Jesus, God has made available to me wisdom, righteousness and sanctification, and redemption through faith in the blood of Jesus. (Romans 3:25)
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