We Stand Upwards At The Crossroads

Outward godliness never cuts it amongst God.

He hates it.

Jeremiah 6 tells us near a fourth dimension when:

1. God's people ignored God's Word (10).

2. Religious leaders fed the people "feel-good" dribble (13-15).

3. State of Israel stood at a crossroads betwixt ancient, godly paths together with "modern" religious belief (16).

4. Their outward religious acts were displeasing to God (20).

Many of these same things are happening today, together with 2 Timothy 3:5 warns New Testament Christians (that's us) near outward forms of godliness that deny God's power.

There are enough of modern feel-good teachers who'll say us Jesus came to give us health, wealth, together with worldly pleasures.

But Jesus came to give us the ability together with wish to await past times worldly goals. Jesus came to instruct us obedience motivated past times love, together with to give us peace together with promise inwards the midst of difficulty.

Christ's ability moves us forward, beyond ourselves, beyond our unworthy pursuits.

We also stand upward at a crossroads. Let's require those ancient, godly paths!
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Rock-Dwellers In Addition To Sand-Dwellers

Matthew 7:13-27 speaks nigh Rock-dwellers as well as Sand-dwellers.

• Verses 13-14 explicate that sand-dwellers are on the wide highway to hell instead of the narrow highway to heaven.

• Verses 15-20 warn against sand-dwellers inward rock-dweller disguise.

• Then, inward a startling statement, Jesus says that to a greater extent than or less sand-dwellers telephone telephone Him "Lord" as well as convey an outward cast of spirituality. The sand-dwellers appear real surprised when Jesus says, "I never knew you." (21-23). 

• Last is this serial is the alert nigh edifice our identify on sand instead of rock. Both sand as well as rock-dwellers take away heed the Word, only exclusively rock-dwellers produce what it says (24-27). 

These passages are potent warnings.

Genuine religious belief is narrow ... unmasked ... fruitful ... built on obedience. Does this depict your faith? I pray it does.
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Solid Nutrient Organized Faith

Infants tin dismiss live on milk alone. It's tardily on their immature digestive systems, providing calcium to fuse the gaps inward their skulls as well as strengthen their bones.

But at that spot comes a fourth dimension when milk is non enough. Solids must live added to their diet hence their digestive organization tin dismiss mature as well as function every bit God designed.

We straight off recognize a occupation if a toddler never progresses beyond the bottle.

Unfortunately, nosotros don't ever recognize this occupation when it's spiritual.

We all ask the pure spiritual milk of the Gospel to render a "skeleton" for our beliefs (1 Peter 2:2), but nosotros must movement on to corporation foods to construct muscles of religious belief (Hebrews 5:11-14).

Eating corporation nutrient means:

1. Studying Scripture ourselves instead of letting others tell us what it says (2 Timothy 2:15).

2. Applying Scriptural principles to our lives inward relevant, practical ways. "For the Kingdom of God is non but a lot of talk; it is living past times God's power." 1 Corinthians 4:20

What's on your menu?  
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Savior From What?

Christ is non exclusively our Savior from the consequences of our sins; He is equally good our Savior from sin itself.(1)

When nosotros follow Christ, nosotros create to a greater extent than than cause got His forgiveness. We perish a novel individual who longs to delight Him (2 Corinthians 5:17; John 14:21). Our sins bother us (1 John 3:9).

We won’t move perfect this side of heaven, precisely Christians are constantly moving toward that goal, seeking God's volition together with purposes (Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 5:1-20).

So let's retrieve these truths:

1. God ever provides a means out of temptation, precisely nosotros must convey it (1 Corinthians 10:13).

2. We can’t create the correct things inwards our ain strength, precisely nosotros tin give the sack create them inwards Christ’s pull (Philippians 4:13).

3. We withal cause got sinful desires, precisely they'll perish less prevalent equally nosotros renew our involve heed inwards God’s Word (Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:22-24).

Are you lot struggling amongst sinful desires? I encourage you lot to read Ephesians 5:1-20 every morning time this week.
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(1) Even when nosotros are saved from the eternal consequences of our sins, nosotros withal endure earthly consequences. See 3 Truths near Earthly Consequences.

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