God's Wisdom In A Nutshell

Hello,

There are many well- meaning religious people who go to their denominational churches regularly, believe that Jesus died for our sins, and try to be  good people. This seems to be the extent of their faith.  The denominations actually have put a name on these people- they call them “good Catholics” or whatever the religion is.

The Evangelical churches on the other hand, have congregants that also believe Jesus died for our sins and therefore these congregants will spend eternity in heaven as well. The difference is that the Evangelicals don’t rely on being a “good person” because they know we can never be good enough to earn anything from the Lord. The Evangelicals trust and rely on the finished work of Christ on the cross. It was God’s power that raised Jesus from the dead and it is the Holy Spirit power that can raise us from our dead existence. This world offers us temporary solutions, Jesus offers contentment despite any situation we have to face. It is contentment based a a person- Jesus Christ- not contentment based on our ability to solve our own problems.

This is the shift in thinking needs to occur in order to live powerfully as a born again Christian. Those who are born again have stepped out of  life here on earth and all the striving to enjoy life and make it worth living and instead have given God the go ahead to run their life. There is no striving simply reading the Bible and learning to follow what we are being taught.

We know that as a follower, God will never let us encounter anything outside of His will, and if it is God’s will, we will eventually come out of our issues and problems victorious and stronger in our faith.

We have the free will to exercise our freedom in Christ or not. Think of Adam and Eve. They lived in paradise with the Lord. They had free will to do things their own way or heed the words of God. When they didn’t heed the words of the Lord they were removed from God’s presence- which means they were no longer provided for and protected. Therefore they had to work harder to eek out a living and worst of all,  they encountered more pain.

We have the same choice. We can acknowledge Jesus and His work on the cross, and then go about living life in a manner we think is right, trying to be a “good person.” Or we can know that we will never be good enough to earn anything of worth from the Lord and therefore choose to submit to His Lordship and do as He instructs with the help of the Holy Spirit. If we do this we are considered children of God and privy to all the blessings of the good life- namely peace, contentment, power to overcome problems, illnesses and addictions.

“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.”(Luke 10:19)

This is where the Bible is necessary.