So Great Our Salvation 3
How Will I Endure?
Before we explore this subject, I would first like to take this opportunity to apologize for not posting as I had been before but I thank you for understanding and I pray you continue to read our postings on this website.
All of us want to grow in Christ, or at least I hope that is our goal, so how do we do this and how does it personally affect our lives? Well first of all, God has a plan for every life, and every life is lived according to this plan. So, you ask, how do I understand God’s plan for my life? This is a question asked by many Christians so hopefully the answers will be provided here as I briefly cover the following: the life surrendered to Jesus Christ and the life lived for Him.
1 Pet 2:2 Desire God’s pure word as newborn babies desire milk. Then you will grow in your salvation.
1 Pet 2:3 Certainly you have tasted that the Lord is good! (GW)
All children must eat to grow. When a child is hungry, they fuss until someone feeds them. If a child is not fed then eventually he or she will die. If we are children of God, truly seeking Him then we must seek Him where He can be found which is in His Word given to us from ages past. Everything that is needed to learn the character of Jesus Christ is found in the Bible. All of the “how to do” and “what to do” are in these pages.
Mat 7:7 “Ask and you will receive. Search and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened for you.
Mat 7:8 Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
So now that you know where to find the information and how to get it, you’re probably wondering how you will grow in Jesus Christ and endure to the end. The answer is so simple that we often overlook the obvious, therefore never getting the revelation. The following short sentence is something I learned from a Christian brother named Chip Brogden and it ties in with what I’m trying to convey:
John 3:30 He (Christ Jesus) must increase in importance, while I (insert your name) must decrease in importance.
So how do I do that, you ask? As stated before, the answer is right in your Bible and because of its simplicity we read past it and never get it.
Eph 1:7 Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
Eph 1:8 He poured out his kindness by giving us every kind of wisdom and insight
Eph 1:9 when he revealed the mystery of his plan to us. He had decided to do this through Christ.
Eph 1:10 He planned to bring all of history to its goal in Christ. Then Christ would be the head of everything in heaven and on earth.
Because of the blood of Jesus we are set free from our sins and given a new life. The Good News is that God did it ALL. How do you grow in Christ? God made provision by giving us every wisdom and insight to understand His Word because He wants us to know Him personally. It is the will of God that His mystery and His plan will be carried out through Christ; all of history finds its meaning in Christ Jesus, and Christ Jesus is the head of all things. In summation, He (Jesus) must increase and we must decrease. By His kindness, God has poured out His wisdom and understanding by Christ, through Christ and in Christ so that HE is the head of all things.
May our Lord Jesus Christ richly bless and keep you all.
Before we explore this subject, I would first like to take this opportunity to apologize for not posting as I had been before but I thank you for understanding and I pray you continue to read our postings on this website.
All of us want to grow in Christ, or at least I hope that is our goal, so how do we do this and how does it personally affect our lives? Well first of all, God has a plan for every life, and every life is lived according to this plan. So, you ask, how do I understand God’s plan for my life? This is a question asked by many Christians so hopefully the answers will be provided here as I briefly cover the following: the life surrendered to Jesus Christ and the life lived for Him.
1 Pet 2:2 Desire God’s pure word as newborn babies desire milk. Then you will grow in your salvation.
1 Pet 2:3 Certainly you have tasted that the Lord is good! (GW)
All children must eat to grow. When a child is hungry, they fuss until someone feeds them. If a child is not fed then eventually he or she will die. If we are children of God, truly seeking Him then we must seek Him where He can be found which is in His Word given to us from ages past. Everything that is needed to learn the character of Jesus Christ is found in the Bible. All of the “how to do” and “what to do” are in these pages.
Mat 7:7 “Ask and you will receive. Search and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened for you.
Mat 7:8 Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
So now that you know where to find the information and how to get it, you’re probably wondering how you will grow in Jesus Christ and endure to the end. The answer is so simple that we often overlook the obvious, therefore never getting the revelation. The following short sentence is something I learned from a Christian brother named Chip Brogden and it ties in with what I’m trying to convey:
John 3:30 He (Christ Jesus) must increase in importance, while I (insert your name) must decrease in importance.
So how do I do that, you ask? As stated before, the answer is right in your Bible and because of its simplicity we read past it and never get it.
Eph 1:7 Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
Eph 1:8 He poured out his kindness by giving us every kind of wisdom and insight
Eph 1:9 when he revealed the mystery of his plan to us. He had decided to do this through Christ.
Eph 1:10 He planned to bring all of history to its goal in Christ. Then Christ would be the head of everything in heaven and on earth.
Because of the blood of Jesus we are set free from our sins and given a new life. The Good News is that God did it ALL. How do you grow in Christ? God made provision by giving us every wisdom and insight to understand His Word because He wants us to know Him personally. It is the will of God that His mystery and His plan will be carried out through Christ; all of history finds its meaning in Christ Jesus, and Christ Jesus is the head of all things. In summation, He (Jesus) must increase and we must decrease. By His kindness, God has poured out His wisdom and understanding by Christ, through Christ and in Christ so that HE is the head of all things.
May our Lord Jesus Christ richly bless and keep you all.
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