The Blessing of
Understanding God's Will
Book of Ephesians
5:3-21
Maybe the one
most important thing we need to know about God is that He does as He
pleases, and it pleases God to gather a people who love Him to be
with Him forever.
This not a
fantasy it is a fact!
Eph 1:11 In whom
also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according
to the purpose of him "who worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will":
Eph 1:12 That we
should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
"God made
this plan to save those who would come to Him before He laid the
foundation of this earth we live upon".
God's plan from
start to finish will be according to His will and not ours.
God does not make
changes to His plan according to what is happening on this world
because God controls what happens upon this world good or bad.
BUT, God does not
cause bad things to come upon anyone, but He could stop those things
if He so chose to do so!
Dan 4:35 And all
the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the
inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto
him, What doest thou?
When God created
humanity, He established that each of us would be responsible for our
own actions!
There is the
directive will of God!
There is the
permissive will of God!
We must also
understand that the creation of this world we live in, was designed
to reveal the Glory and the Power of God!
Psa 19:1 The
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his
handywork.
Even though God
has decreed all things, we are still responsible for our own actions!
The Lord Jesus
Christ came to this world as a babe, but it was predetermined by a
Holy God that He came to die!
Act 2:23 Him,
being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,
ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Why are people
lost? People are lost not because God did not intend for them to be
saved but because they have refused to believe the "Gospel"
of the Lord Jesus Christ!
We should stand
in awe of our great God!
We can entrust
our lives to our Almighty God!
We should rejoice
in the wonder of our salvation!
We should be at
peace in this world, as the plan of God unfolds before our eyes!
Problems exist
because of our pride and we feel the need to run our own lives and
ignore God!
To follow in the
ways of God we must be morally pure and bodily clean.
Let's continue
with Chapter 5 verse 3
*****Eph 5:3 But
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once
named among you, as becometh saints;
Eph 5:4 Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not
convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
God says let not
these things be named among you.
We are not to
even talk about committing these things.
Notice this is a
command.
We all know what
fornication is? it is any sexual contact by unmarried persons.
It also means
"forsaking God"!
Jer 3:8 And I
saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed
adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her
treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot
also.
Jer 3:9 And it
came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled
the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
I believe God
hates this sin more than any other.
The human body is
the greatest of all the creations of God!
Psa_139:16 Thine
eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all
my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as
yet there was none of them.
The human body
was made in the image of God.
Gen 1:27 So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.
God is Spirit, so
this has nothing to do with our looks but only our being.
Covetousness is a
very strong desire for worldly things.
1Ti 6:9 But they
that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and
perdition.
1Ti 6:10 For the
love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
As Christians we
must hate sin but never hate the sinner.
As Christians we
would certainly be very ashamed of many of the thoughts that go
through our head and we must certainly never act on them.
We must realize
that when we are alone, the All-Knowing God and even the angels
witness everything we do. This alone should keep us straight.
God does not keep
such a close eye on us to deny us His benefits, He watches over us as
our Father, waiting to bless us if we do not fail, or fall into
Satan's traps.
How important is
our body to Jehovah God?
God the Father
created our body in honor.
God the Son,
whose members we are in the body of Christ.
God the Holy
Ghost, of whom our body is the Temple.
God does not
tolerate filth and we should not either!
We should never
be around foolish talkers or filthy jokes, or filthy speech of any
kind.
We must have a
clean mouth that houses a clean tongue with a clean conscience.
Rom 6:19 I speak
after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for
as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to
iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness.
All these things
are part of our repentance.
Pro 10:19 In the
multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his
lips is wise.
Pro 10:20 The
tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is
little worth.
As believers if
we have no words to say, then speak the Word of God which is always
pure, when it is rightly divided.
Col 3:17 And
whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
God promises us
that there will be none of these things in Heaven.
My question is
how are these Words of God rejected by those of the so-called church
that allow such filth?
*****Eph 5:5 For
this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous
man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and of God.
God forgives all
our sin if we claim the Lord Jesus Christ, God will forgive all our
sin until He takes us home, but this does not include those who
remain in their sinful ways and make a feeble attempt to claim Jesus
without faith!
Mat 7:20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Mat 7:21 Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is
in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And
then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity.
God simply will
not accept filthiness nor uncleanness, God will have no part of it!
These that do
these things, may have many worldly things, but they will not have
one scrap of anything in Heaven.
We should believe
that which we trust the most is our god.
That which we
love we worship and have made it our god.
If we fear the
things of this world more than the Lord, then your god is of this
world.
That thing we
place the our most hope in is our god.
So, what or who
is your god? I choose Jesus Christ, the only God!
The right to the
privileges of God's Kingdom come only by inheritance.
Rom 8:14 For as
many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rom 8:15 For ye
have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Rom 8:16 The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God:
Rom 8:17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.
We must never
allow anyone to deceive us about the things of God!
*****Eph 5:6 Let
no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things
cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Notice it is all
these that refuse to accept the truth of God, that will see His
wrath!
Many of the old
faithful denominations are being deceived by those who lead them now,
they need to go back to their roots!
When we can live
securely and undisturbed in our sin, then we do not have a personal
relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ!
AND, if we reject
the wrath of God, then we must reject the goodness of God!
Rom 2:4 Or
despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to
repentance?
Rom 2:5 But
after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God;
Rom 2:6 Who will
render to every man according to his deeds:
We live in a
world that does not believe that God will call them to account for
the way they lived.
There are just as
many that believe God will be merciful to them, even though they
lived a life of sin.
The wrath of God
is a decisive anger, a determined anger, a deliberate anger, that
rises from God's nature of holiness!
We must do more
than to just know God's name, we must repent!
Do not be
deceived by those who say different, because the Word of God is
specific, and moderation is not even mentioned in the Scriptures!
2Ti 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal,
The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth
the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Many forget that
righteousness means doing right by the Word 0f God.
1Jn 3:7 Little
children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is
righteous, even as he is righteous.
1Jn 3:8 He that
committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the
beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he
might destroy the works of the devil.
Those that say
they are justified so they can continue in sin, are just fools.
Justification is
a gift given through the "grace" of God, to those who have
been washed in the blood of Jesus and then meet the standard of Jesus
Christ!
God's "grace"
must involve the Word of God as our standard of living. To be
justified, is to leave the world behind and live in our new nature,
which is a hatred for sin.
*****Eph 5:7 Be
not ye therefore partakers with them.
We cannot be a
follower of the Lord Jesus Christ until we have separated ourselves
from the world!
2Co 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
2Co 6:18 And
will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters,
saith the Lord Almighty.
A Christian will
walk in the light of the Lord!
*****Eph 5:8 For
ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as
children of light:
Notice that
before we came to know our Savior, we not only lived in darkness, we
were darkness.
Darkness is a
symbol of misery!
Psa 107:10 Such
as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in
affliction and iron;
Psa 107:11
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the
counsel of the most High:
Darkness is a
state of wretchedness resulting from ignorance to God.
Remember what
Jesus said while He hung on that cross?
"Father
forgive them for they not what they do".
They do not know
where they came from. To those who reject the Lord Jesus, everything
is just a result of the human nature.
Note: In a family
of non-believers, as they begin to die off, they feel that they all
alone in this world, because they have never known God.
This is a sad
situation, but a reality. They do not know where they came from and
they do not know where they are going!
They do not know
if there is really a God or not.
Joh 1:5 And the
light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
This is being in
darkness!
The answer of
course is the Light of the Lord.
Mat_4:16 The
people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat
in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
The "Gospel"
of the Lord Jesus Christ is the light of the truth of God and it is a
glorious truth!
Joh 8:12 Then
spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life.
We should know
that if we truly have "faith" in the "Light of this
world", we will no longer walk in darkness because we will be
filled with the Holy Spirit!
*****Eph 5:9
(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and
truth;)
Eph 5:10 Proving
what is acceptable unto the Lord.
As sinners we had
no goodness.
We did not know
how to do things the right way.
We did not know
the truth!
We lived in the
world with a false security!
As sinners, we
have lived to fulfill our own desires at the expense of others?
As Christians, we
live to fulfill the desires of God through the Lord Jesus Christ by
the Holy Spirit!
As Christians, we
know we have no righteousness ourselves, our righteousness comes by
the Lord Jesus Christ.
The test we must
pass to be saved is, are we acceptable to the Lord? We must prove
that we are!
It is the truth
of God that sets us free from the bondage of judgment and Hell!
Joh 3:16 For God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
Joh 3:17 For God
sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the
world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18 He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.
God provides us His truth, to prove we are acceptable to God we must believe Him!
Heb 11:6 But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
It is only the
Light, Jesus Christ Himself who teaches us what is acceptable to
Jehovah!
Truly God does
not ask very much of us.
Mic 6:8 He hath
shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of
thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?
What does this
mean?
*****Eph 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
Eph 5:12 For it
is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in
secret.
These things are
not confusing, we are to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works
of darkness whatsoever!
Remember darkness
leaves us stumbling about and groping about in the world, being lost
and not knowing where we are going and what to do when death
overcomes us.
We are to have no
fellowship with the lost but if we truly trust in the Lord we will be
so bright that darkness will not even approach us, so we must go to
those who live in darkness with the Light of Jesus, not in fellowship
but carrying the truth of God to them as God's messengers.
We must
understand that sin is never to be taken lightly, it is a shame even
to speak of those things of darkness nor share a conversation with
the dark works of this world.
Col 4:6 Let your
speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how
ye ought to answer every man.
What are some of
those things done in secret?
Job 24:14 The
murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the
night is as a thief.
Job 24:15 The
eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye
shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Job 24:16 In the
dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in
the daytime: they know not the light.
In some cases,
these that do these things get away with them, but the Lord knows
everything and there are no secret sins that the Light of the Lord
cannot expose.
*****Eph 5:13
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Eph 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the
dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
There is no sin
that will go unnoticed by the Light of the Lord!
All sin is
exposed to the Lord and He will drag all sin into His Light to show
its true colors!
In simpler terms,
nothing can be hidden from the Lord.
When the
"Gospel", The Light of Jesus Christ, touches the life of
those in darkness, that life is changed.
Whether they
welcome the Lord or not, their sin has been exposed by the Light of
the Lord.
Joh_15:22 If I
had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they
have no cloke for their sin.
As Christians, we
now share the Light of the Lord, by sharing the "Gospel"
and we are to use our own light upon the evil darkness of this world.
What did the Lord
say?
Mat_5:16 Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
In fact, we are
known by "the brightness" of our own light!
In the past few
weeks, in the news, we have seen many well-known men face the fact
that they led an immoral life with inappropriate sexual conduct.
What does God
say?
Num_32:23 But if
ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and "be
sure your sin will find you out".
There is no sin
God will not eventually expose!
There is no sin
that the Lord will not shine His Light upon!
Most of this
world is sleeping when it comes to knowing the Lord, they are
"therefore dead", because the wages of sin is death.
The Light of
Jesus will shine upon them through some Saint of the Lord and they
can be awakened and be "born again".
We know that this
passage was written to the church, so we know that there are in the
church those who have a dim light.
1Co 15:34 Awake
to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of
God: "I speak this to your shame".
The Church that
is not busy making true disciples of the Lord, is failing in its
mission and failing the Lord!
All those who do
not know the Lord as their personal Savior are already dead in the
eyes of God. I was once dead myself but now I am alive to the
"Gospel"!
Joh_3:3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The Lord Jesus
Christ provides the simplest solution!
"Awake thou
that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee
light".
Being "Born
Again" awakes us from being Spiritually dead!
When you refuse
to see yourself as a sinner, you are in a state of slumber.
An immoral
lifestyle is a dead lifestyle!
In fact, most of
this world are asleep when it comes to walking in the ways of the
Lord!
The world just
does not care how much more sinful this world has become but provides
for it in abundance.
There is so many
riches that can be gained by sinful lifestyles this world will never
change!
In fact, look at
cancer for an example. There is so much money made off the treatments
for cancer, a permanent solution will never be allowed.
But God will
judge the Church first and there are just too many professing to know
the Lord, who are just passing through this life as unbelievers. They
simply lack "faith" that God will do as He says He will do
or they simply have that go to Hell attitude, "I'm saved to Hell
with you".
Those that
fellowship or participate in the works of darkness, are still living
in the darkness of spiritual sleep and spiritual death, but they
refuse to admit it.
They have
rejected the promises of God by rejecting the Word of God!
They refuse to
believe we are in the last days of the "Church Age".
Rom 13:11 And
that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Rom 13:12 The
night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the
works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
The ONLY SOURCE
to awake from Spiritual darkness and death, is the Lord Jesus Christ
and Him alone!
Joh 8:12 Then
spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life.
*****Eph 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Eph 5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
An example of
walking "circumspectly" is as someone standing at the edge
of a cliff or working on the roof of a house, where one misstep could
cause a fall which could be fatal.
Life is a walk
that we take one step at a time and we must be careful with each and
every step because it could lead to our death!
There is the fool
who take careless steps, so full of pride, refusing to believe he can
fail or fall, this person is worldly minded.
The unwise person
will walk in places that he has no business being there not even
considering his danger!
God expects just
the opposite. God expects us to take each step with care and with a
sure-foot, we must walk carefully in this life.
Making mistakes
is just a part of every life. The fool makes a mistake and it does
not matter to him or even if it endangered others.
The wise child of
God will learn from every mistake and grow from them!
The fool is not
concerned about being alert to temptation and does not see these
things as the pitfalls that they are.
The true child of
God is on God's mission and understands they live in a dangerous
world and mistakes matter to him!
Rom 14:16 Let
not then your good be evil spoken of:
1Th 5:22 Abstain
from all appearance of evil.
Isa 33:15 He
that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth
the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of
bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth
his eyes from seeing evil;
Isa 33:16 He
shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of
rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Time brings
opportunities! We must make the most of every opportunity that we
encounter in a godly way.
Time is a
precious gift of God and in this life, we actually have very little
time to do the work of the Lord. If you wait as I did until you begin
in your latter years, there is even less time to do so!
Just like any
other thing this is a choice we must make!
God presents to
us choices and opportunities, but God will train us, so we will know
what to do when these things come before us!
We are to redeem
every moment of time in our life because we live in an evil hazardous
world!
There is so much
evil in this world we live, that confronts us every day of our walk
with the Lord, that we must be very alert to keep us from failing or
falling.
What should we
do? We must certainly take a moment and think about all the places
where we waste so much time and CORRECT IT!
Not many realize
that to tithe is to give a tenth of our first fruits, but this also
includes a tenth of our time to the Lord in preparing us for this
world.
After this we are
to walk daily just as this passage describes. We cannot be part time
Christians! To be a Christian is to give all our life to the Lord
Jesus Christ for His personal use.
Isaiah said,
"Here I am Lord, use me".
Psa 90:12 So
teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
*****Eph 5:17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the
Lord is.
Where do we fail
the most? Not understanding what the will of the Lord is for our
lives!
It is only the
wise who understand what the Lord has for them!
If we never
understand the will of God for our lives, we will never conquer the
evil we confront as we walk.
Joh 8:31 Then
said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my
word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 8:32 And ye
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
We must next be
sensitive to the Holy Spirit:
Joh 14:26 But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in
my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Notice the Holy
Spirit will always lead us to the things that Jesus said and in His
ways.
All the New
Testament will lead us to the things Jesus said!
All the Old
Testament will lead us to the coming of Jesus and to the promises He
has said!
In short, it is
the will of God to do what Jesus said to do!
There is no other
rule to walk by except to walk in the will of the Lord Jesus Christ!
When we walk
according to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, then we will resemble
God and come to know His perfections that are required in the world
that is to come!
And next we see
another Scripture where God tells the Christian to avoid alcoholic
beverages.
*****Eph 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the
Spirit;
Even the wisest
of men becomes a fool when they are drunk!
Yes, drunkenness
is intoxication with drink or with drugs or with any mind-altering
substances!
This Scripture is
not speaking of moderation because it would not have mentioned being
filled with the Holy Spirit, which is just what it says being filled
and not in moderation!
Drunkenness is a
work of the flesh and it will certainly lead to other sins of the
flesh!
First: it is a
wasting away of the body and mind.
Second: it leads
to uncontrolled behavior.
Third: it leads
to rioting, uncontrolled outrageous behavior.
What else does
the Bible say about drunkenness?
How about keeping
you out of Heaven:
1Co 6:9 Know ye
not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Co 6:10 Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:19 Now the
works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Gal 5:20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the
which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that
they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Drunkenness leads
to bad behavior:
Luk 15:13 And
not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took
his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with
riotous living.
God says to not
even look upon alcoholic beverages:
Pro 23:19 Hear
thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Pro 23:20 Be not
among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Pro 23:21 For
the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness
shall clothe a man with rags.
Pro 23:29 Who
hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling?
who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Pro 23:30 They
that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Pro 23:31 "Look
not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in
the cup, when it moveth itself aright".
Pro 23:32 At the
last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
If God says not
to look at it then surely, we should not drink such things!
According to our
passage, it is impossible to redeem the time, if are drunk.
But our Scripture
also says it is impossible to redeem the time if we are not filled
with the Holy Spirit!
When we are
filled with the Holy Spirit, there are some things that are certain!
*****Eph 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Eph 5:20 Giving
thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ;
Eph 5:21
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
With all the
things that the Holy Spirit does to lead us to Christ we can
truthfully say that the Holy Spirit is a very special manifestation
of Jesus Christ who lives within each and every saint of God!
There are those
that always ask, just what kind of music does God expect in the
church?
Well it seems to
be psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs.
A spiritual song
to me is a song where the song-writer was led by the Holy Spirit.
It is sure these
should be songs that make melody in our heart toward Jehovah God!
A melody is as
song of the land and for we Christians our land is Heaven!
In the heart of
the saint of God, the Lord Jesus Christ has revealed, His person, His
nature, and His goodness and it is these things that we are to reveal
to this lost world!
1Co 14:15 What
is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with
the understanding also.
Many of us cannot
carry a tune but even these can be heard in the shower singing with
joy. Singing is no less natural to each of us than speaking. I can
just imagine that there will be much singing in Heaven!
The Lord Jesus
Christ will place a song in the heart of the believer!
The Spirit filled
child of God is certainly thankful for the things God has done in
their lives.
The Spirit filled
child of God will certainly know that our lives are held safely in
the loving hands of God.
The Spirit filled
child of God is that person who has submitted to the will of God and
led by His Spirit!
The Spirit filled
child of God will submit and form the true church, the church that is
the "Body of Christ"!
These are the
same ones who go out of their way to submit to one another in the
unity of the Holy Spirit!
Amen
Let's Pray!
