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
Accessing Resurrection Power
Posted 07-16-2023 at 12:22 PM by Albert Finch
"For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power." (1 Corinthians 4:20)
The sad fact is, much of western Christianity has relegated the Gospel to one of reason -- when it is to be one of resurrection power. Paul tells us in First Corinthians 2:4-5 that any word he spoke had to release the power of God. Otherwise people's faith would be in just words rather than a present-day experience of the power of God.
"And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God." (1 Corinthians 2:4-5)
The wisdom of men will never hold people in difficult times. Experience in the power of God, however, will hold us and propel us through those times. Believers must be discipled and equipped in their Christ identity so they can come to understand their authority and dominion in Christ. Without this understanding it will be impossible for them to advance God’s Kingdom and bear fruit that remains through their Christ calling.
In Joshua 24:31 we are told that succeeding generations failed to follow the Lord because they knew nothing of His power. It is only the power of God -- as revealed in scripture -- working through the faith of the believer -- that holds us sufficiently.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
The sad fact is, much of western Christianity has relegated the Gospel to one of reason -- when it is to be one of resurrection power. Paul tells us in First Corinthians 2:4-5 that any word he spoke had to release the power of God. Otherwise people's faith would be in just words rather than a present-day experience of the power of God.
"And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God." (1 Corinthians 2:4-5)
The wisdom of men will never hold people in difficult times. Experience in the power of God, however, will hold us and propel us through those times. Believers must be discipled and equipped in their Christ identity so they can come to understand their authority and dominion in Christ. Without this understanding it will be impossible for them to advance God’s Kingdom and bear fruit that remains through their Christ calling.
In Joshua 24:31 we are told that succeeding generations failed to follow the Lord because they knew nothing of His power. It is only the power of God -- as revealed in scripture -- working through the faith of the believer -- that holds us sufficiently.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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