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IF THINE EYE BE SINGLE:
Our hearts ought to be set upon doing the will of God, and not to take for granted that because we have begun in the Spirit, that we are now advanced enough, that we need no more learning from God's Word.
This ought to be a lifetime endeavour for the professing Christian, that we continually search the scriptures daily, to find out what is right according to the will of God, and also what is wrong according to the will of God, but we must never presume what we think as to be right or wrong, except we know it by God´s Word.
Another way to say this, is that we need to know what is righteousness according to God, and not according to us; likewise, we need to know what is sin according to God, and not according to us. Because if we are serving sin, we are separated from righteousness, but if we are serving righteousness, then we are separated from sin.
We are called to a resurrection from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, but if we do not know what we are thinking, saying, or doing at any given time, and we be found in sin; is therefore Christ the teacher of sin? God forbid.
Christianity is the toughest vocation this world has ever seen, and as for higher learning, this is the Highest!
It needs to be diligently spent every day with soberness in the classroom of our heart, as we venture out into this present evil world daily.
We need to always evaluate, determine, and conclude all matters in our heart with the mind of Christ, even as Christ Himself told us why His judgment is just, Because He seek´s not His own will, but the will of the Father; and this we are to follow, for it defines self-denial, whereunto we are called in Christ.
As for sin, simply put, we need to know when we are wrong; we need to know the details, the specifics of sin, so that we may avoid to be in the midst of sinning.
A plain example of this was Moses, who quickly heard the instructions from God, and thought that God was just telling him the same instructions as before, concerning what to do to the rock; but if he would have diligently listened to God, he would have recognized that God had changed His instructions slightly.
Even so in Christ, for example, if Christ tells us to give to every one that asks, but we go our way, and give to some, but not to others, then we also are in defiance.
We may say, but I thought…this, or, but I thought…that; we therefore conclude our own version of what we think to be right, and by doing so, we make our will above His will. We may say, It is not our intention to defy Him, but we thought in the case of giving, he meant that we should give to those in need, and not to those who are not in need.
Beloved, this is the point of the matter; He knows what He is saying, and we need not presume any thing, rather, we must consider why He tells us to do things that are contrary to the natural man´s way of thinking; because He wants us to deny our own will, and submit to His, and this is then when He is our Lord, for a Lord is one whom people obey; Why do you think He said, “And why call ye me Lord,Lord, and do not the things which I say”?
Now I know there be some professing Christians out there that suppose that they don't have to do what Christ says, so they don't, but as for me, I will; and I will say as Paul said; Lord, what will you have me to do?
The sum of this letter is meant for our edification, and not for our destruction.
A Note concerning Giving: we must consider for what cause did Christ tell us to give to every one that asks; He is trying to Teach us to be unselfish, and no longer selfish, as in all that He teaches.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Our hearts ought to be set upon doing the will of God, and not to take for granted that because we have begun in the Spirit, that we are now advanced enough, that we need no more learning from God's Word.
This ought to be a lifetime endeavour for the professing Christian, that we continually search the scriptures daily, to find out what is right according to the will of God, and also what is wrong according to the will of God, but we must never presume what we think as to be right or wrong, except we know it by God´s Word.
Another way to say this, is that we need to know what is righteousness according to God, and not according to us; likewise, we need to know what is sin according to God, and not according to us. Because if we are serving sin, we are separated from righteousness, but if we are serving righteousness, then we are separated from sin.
We are called to a resurrection from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, but if we do not know what we are thinking, saying, or doing at any given time, and we be found in sin; is therefore Christ the teacher of sin? God forbid.
Christianity is the toughest vocation this world has ever seen, and as for higher learning, this is the Highest!
It needs to be diligently spent every day with soberness in the classroom of our heart, as we venture out into this present evil world daily.
We need to always evaluate, determine, and conclude all matters in our heart with the mind of Christ, even as Christ Himself told us why His judgment is just, Because He seek´s not His own will, but the will of the Father; and this we are to follow, for it defines self-denial, whereunto we are called in Christ.
As for sin, simply put, we need to know when we are wrong; we need to know the details, the specifics of sin, so that we may avoid to be in the midst of sinning.
A plain example of this was Moses, who quickly heard the instructions from God, and thought that God was just telling him the same instructions as before, concerning what to do to the rock; but if he would have diligently listened to God, he would have recognized that God had changed His instructions slightly.
Even so in Christ, for example, if Christ tells us to give to every one that asks, but we go our way, and give to some, but not to others, then we also are in defiance.
We may say, but I thought…this, or, but I thought…that; we therefore conclude our own version of what we think to be right, and by doing so, we make our will above His will. We may say, It is not our intention to defy Him, but we thought in the case of giving, he meant that we should give to those in need, and not to those who are not in need.
Beloved, this is the point of the matter; He knows what He is saying, and we need not presume any thing, rather, we must consider why He tells us to do things that are contrary to the natural man´s way of thinking; because He wants us to deny our own will, and submit to His, and this is then when He is our Lord, for a Lord is one whom people obey; Why do you think He said, “And why call ye me Lord,Lord, and do not the things which I say”?
Now I know there be some professing Christians out there that suppose that they don't have to do what Christ says, so they don't, but as for me, I will; and I will say as Paul said; Lord, what will you have me to do?
The sum of this letter is meant for our edification, and not for our destruction.
A Note concerning Giving: we must consider for what cause did Christ tell us to give to every one that asks; He is trying to Teach us to be unselfish, and no longer selfish, as in all that He teaches.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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