FOR A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD AND NEW REVELATIONS
Many even among Christians stopped desiring heaven and seeking to go to that homeland, which Jesus went to prepare for those who follow Him. But the early believers in Christ put their faith to enter the promised land, the Heaven and considered themselves as passerby and strangers on this earth. We can read about the faith walk of our forefathers in Hebrews 11. This is the life, which is holy and set apart, which every Christian should live and walk in faith to reach there safely without fail.
Reading the Bible to have more knowledge about the subject ‘God’ and be ready with answers about the people and the incidents, where it is written and how it is written, will not help anyone to grow spiritually. The knowledge in Bible will only puff you up. We need to read the Bible or rather study the Bible, so that we come to know God and His loving Heart, so that can love Him back. Love edifies the person who mediates on God’s unfailing love. And if anyone loves God, he or she will be known by Him. 1 Corinthians 8:1-3.
Whatever incidents are written in the Bible are there for our learning: that is why all the mistakes made by people were also written, so that we can learn from their mistakes. So one got to be careful not to do the wrong things written there, thinking since it is in the Bible it should be right. We should read the verses differentiating the right things and follow those only. These are written for you to have hope, may the God of patience and comfort grant you like-mindedness.
Children of God should not sin and should be just like our Father God. Sin will not have dominion over you, because you are not under law anymore, but under the Grace of God. Romans 6:14. But after all the power given to us not to sin by the Holy Spirit if we sin, God has given us an Advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous to plead for us. See how wonderfully the Lord God has protected us from all dangers of sin. Glory to His Name alone.
When we come into the Kingdom of God with Born Again experience our spiritual journey starts. This is the kind of life Jesus came to give to us. We become a spiritual being as God is spirit and even our worship to Him must be in spirit and truth. Jesus is explaining only these kind of worshippers the Father God, who is in spirit, is seeking for. But we were all diverted from this holy moments with God and entertaining us in the soul and body. Singing beautifully by not missing a note or dancing with beautiful movements will not please God, unless we are spiritually connected to Him also.
You may be wondering why I face lot of oppositions inside my own house, forget getting hindrance out in the world. The Lord Jesus clearly states, ““Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’” Matthew 10:34-36 (NKJV) Once you start walking according to your born again spirit, all hell breaks loose in your inner being as well as people around you, and particularly your own household members come against you. This is the Way the Lord has kept for each and every one, and we should learn to fight the good fight of faith.
Three things that concerns God and He wants His followers to do while we are under His authority; that is faith, hope and love. Among these three God’s emphasis is on love. We should not be in love with anything or anybody but should be in love with God. If our priority is to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength; then our life will be perfect as God wants us to be. “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NKJV)
A set of instructions are written in the Book of Acts for the New Testament disciples to follow. It is also written there that the disciples were only called Christians (Acts 11:26). So if we got to enter into this New Testament covenant we have to do these 1 Repent from old-self 2 Take water baptism for remission of sins 3 Receive the gift of Holy Spirit 4 Separate from this perverse generation 5 Continue in Apostles’ doctrine 6 Have fellowship 7 Break bread 8 Pray. (Acts 2:38-42).
Wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. He catches the wise in their own craftiness and the Lord knows the thoughts of the wise and sees they are futile. 1 Corinthians 3:18-20(ESV) Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. But God has chosen the foolish to put to shame the wise, God has chosen the weak to put to shame the mighty, and the base things and despised God has chosen, the things that are not to bring to nothing that are: So that no flesh should glory in God’s Presence. 1 Corinthians 1:25-29(ESV)
People try to build their self-confidence thinking they are the wisest person than anyone in their lives. This gives a kind of good feeling, but the truth is it develops into a personality, which is full of ego and end result is pride. Bible clearly says God alone is wise: so no one should think too much about himself, but be humble when you come to God. Jesus clearly told, that God alone is good also, so no human being is good on earth. Let this be clear to us. If we know this, we will not exalt ourselves above all or put anyone down speaking bad things.