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
Interceding For Biblical Justice
Posted 05-09-2024 at 11:39 PM by Albert Finch
"Seek God, all you quietly disciplined people who live by God's justice. Seek God's right ways..." (Zeph. 2:3, MSG)
Justice has always been on God's mind. A lifestyle of Biblical justice could be simply defined as living in accordance with God's standards and ways. When we live His "right ways," our hearts are opened to be stirred with intercession for His justice to come to pass for others.
A THREE-PRONGED MODEL: INTERCESSION, SACRIFICE, AND ACTION
Intercession (prayer),
Sacrifice and
Action— The divine model appears in chapter Isaiah 53!
To put it another way—don't pray for a problem you aren't prepared to be the solution to!
"...He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." (Isaiah 53:12)
Truly, intercession involves more than just prayer—intercession can be literally translated, "to come between" (see Strong's #H6293). So while Jesus does intercede for us at the right hand of the Father, He also gave His life as a sacrifice—and that required action (see Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25).
Isaiah 53 reveals that with His death, He bore our griefs and sorrows that we might have joy. He was wounded and bruised that our transgressions might be removed. And He suffered stripes (blows that cut in) that we might be healed (vs. 4-5).
But there's also this: In allowing Himself to be led as a lamb to the slaughter without opening His mouth, by standing as a sheep before its shearers in silence—He stood in the gap for those who have no voice! He was oppressed and afflicted, suffering unjustly, that those who experience injustice might be given a voice.
We are meant to be that voice!:
He set us free that we might set others free. True freedom results from truly understanding your Christ identity from the scriptures and equipping others so they can be effective in building God’s Kingdom.
We were healed that we might be used to heal others.
We exchanged our sorrow for the joy of advancing God’s Kingdom through our Christ calling so that we might also comfort those who mourn, and
He suffered unjustly that we might restore justice to the oppressed (see Isaiah 61:6-9).
AVOID CONFUSION
God's people, the Church, ought to set the model and standard for compassionate justice through discipling others into the Kingdom quickening reality that they should be living in.
This will require the sacrifice of convenience; our time, energy, resources, comfort—and even our reputation—will at times need to be laid down.
Jesus counted the costs and then, out of love, laid down His life for mankind.
Lord, help us to follow Your footsteps in doing the same (see Luke 22:42, 14:28). Amen
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
Justice has always been on God's mind. A lifestyle of Biblical justice could be simply defined as living in accordance with God's standards and ways. When we live His "right ways," our hearts are opened to be stirred with intercession for His justice to come to pass for others.
A THREE-PRONGED MODEL: INTERCESSION, SACRIFICE, AND ACTION
Intercession (prayer),
Sacrifice and
Action— The divine model appears in chapter Isaiah 53!
To put it another way—don't pray for a problem you aren't prepared to be the solution to!
"...He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." (Isaiah 53:12)
Truly, intercession involves more than just prayer—intercession can be literally translated, "to come between" (see Strong's #H6293). So while Jesus does intercede for us at the right hand of the Father, He also gave His life as a sacrifice—and that required action (see Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25).
Isaiah 53 reveals that with His death, He bore our griefs and sorrows that we might have joy. He was wounded and bruised that our transgressions might be removed. And He suffered stripes (blows that cut in) that we might be healed (vs. 4-5).
But there's also this: In allowing Himself to be led as a lamb to the slaughter without opening His mouth, by standing as a sheep before its shearers in silence—He stood in the gap for those who have no voice! He was oppressed and afflicted, suffering unjustly, that those who experience injustice might be given a voice.
We are meant to be that voice!:
He set us free that we might set others free. True freedom results from truly understanding your Christ identity from the scriptures and equipping others so they can be effective in building God’s Kingdom.
We were healed that we might be used to heal others.
We exchanged our sorrow for the joy of advancing God’s Kingdom through our Christ calling so that we might also comfort those who mourn, and
He suffered unjustly that we might restore justice to the oppressed (see Isaiah 61:6-9).
AVOID CONFUSION
God's people, the Church, ought to set the model and standard for compassionate justice through discipling others into the Kingdom quickening reality that they should be living in.
This will require the sacrifice of convenience; our time, energy, resources, comfort—and even our reputation—will at times need to be laid down.
Jesus counted the costs and then, out of love, laid down His life for mankind.
Lord, help us to follow Your footsteps in doing the same (see Luke 22:42, 14:28). Amen
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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