My Pondering
It is one thing to know of Jesus Christ and perhaps even believe that He exists, which is a good start, but it’s far from a proper finish. As we read the Scriptures, in Jesus own words, we must accept Him as Lord, repent, and be born again, which is exchanging our old life for his new life; casting down our old man, the sinful one, while embracing the new man, though still trapped in the flesh, we are part of his son and thus born-again as we read in John 3:1-16.
I challenge you to look that passage up and seek. If you wholeheartedly seek, Jesus promised that you will find Him. He is much closer than you can imagine.
Hold Fast
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
—unless you believed in vain.
Please ‘don’t believe in vain’ and ‘hold fast to the Word’.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:10-11
On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Whether then it was I or they,
so we preach and so you believed.
I am what I am – God changes us and transforms us like no other yet we are created unique and possess the free will He bestowed upon each one of us. It is His mighty power but our individual choice. Macro vs Micro! Together is works and together we work mightily.
We are more sinful than we can imagine and more loved than that!
Paul worked hard!
He was an overcomer and steadfast yet it wasn’t by his own strength but he was powered upon high. Teamwork is dreamwork!
Preach >>> Believe … Believe >>> Preach
Don’t let the devil sneak and connive in your heart. He is crafty, cunning and clandestine. He uses, no abuses, elements of the truth for his nefariousness. But it’s not the whole truth, just pieces.
Stand firm on Chris’s solid ground. Amen? Amen!