Thursday 22 November 2018
New Release
Wednesday 7 November 2018
I HAVE GIVEN MY LIFE TO CHRIST
This is a popular saying by Christians and we hear
it each day. When someone is asked? Are you a Christian? The person replies Oh
yes! And most of the time adds, I was born into a Christian home, I never miss
church, and I am even in the church choir and so on. Wait a minute, is this
what qualifies one as a Christian? Certainly not!
That statement “I have given my life to Christ is a
very huge statement” which means you are walking in the footsteps of Christ and
he is in charge of your whole life. When we pray the Lord’s Prayer, we intend
to submit to Christ’s ruling in our lives that is submitting to the Holy Spirit.
You live according to the spirit not according to the flesh. Therefore we are always confident and know
that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For
we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say,
and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (2
Corinthians 5:6-8). When we are comfortable in the body that is engaging in the
flesh .The Apostle Paul mentioned the acts of the flesh in Galatians 5:19-20.
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry
and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,
dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you
as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of
God. Therefore, the more the flesh is crucified, the closer we get to God, for
the flesh kills but the spirit gives life.
Christianity is not about you, but it is about
living selflessly by putting other people’s needs before yours. The greatest
commandment that Jesus gave was love the Lord your God with all your heart,
soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:36-40)
How can you say you love God when you do not love
your brother or sister? You bear grudges against people; you don’t want to be
friends with your neighbor who reported you to child services for not treating
your child well and among others. If we love only those who have been good to
us, then we have not done anything. (Luke 6:32-36). Jesus emphasized in Luke 6:35-36
that “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend them without expecting
to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children
of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful,
just as your Father is merciful”. Therefore we need to let go and let God in
our lives.
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