The work and righteousness of Christ not only affect “where you go when you die,” but they also affect how you live while you are here.(quote from teaching on faith)
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something to think about.
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Paul said the Kingdom is entered with much tribulation. The only way to Resurrection Life is through a cross, and a cross is never without humiliation, it’s never without rejection, and it’s never without pain. You will never find a cross that’s real, if it’s lacking in any of those three things. You need to understand that and face those things. (quote from a teaching on faith)
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something more to think about.
rdg
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom.” Only by starting there can you ever begin to find the fullness of God’s Life inside of you. And that’s why so few people ever find it! So many people are filled with platitudes and clichés, words, concepts and competition. But they die empty and in poverty, because they didn’t start at the starting place—being poor in spirit. They never faced the emptiness and lack inside themselves.
The beginning of the Good News is the very, very bad news of who we are and how desperately we need Jesus. I’ll just say it in plain English: You can’t know who you are in Christ until you know who you are in satan. Until you grapple and deal with it and embrace the truth of who you are in the devil—a fallen member of humanity in a worthless society—you can’t have true life. We are altogether worthless. As terrible as that sounds, in view of a Dale Carnegie world that wants to make you feel good about yourself, you still need to face the facts. Would you please do that? As an individual, whatever your name is, would you please face how desperately you need Jesus? I don’t know how else to say it. There is nothing good that dwells in you! You need to face that if you are going to be able to go forward and find Resurrection Life. Please face it. Please cry, weep, wail, and lament. If you can’t find it in your heart to weep at His feet, then you’ve not seen the bad news or the Good News just yet, because it WILL BRING YOU TO TEARS. As emotionless as you are, as “big a boy” as you are, as sure of yourself as you are—the fullness of the gospel will bring you to tears. If you really see it and you really understand it with your heart, you will weep like you have never wept before. The goal is not to shed tears, but the objective before each of us is to see the desperate nature of fallen humanity. (quote from a teaching on faith)
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