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LOVE: 1 Corinthians is known as the love chapter. It is sandwiched in between two chapters where Paul corrects and instructs concerning abuses of spiritual gifts and specifically tongues. Love is the first fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians five. In Hebrew, if you don't have the first thing in a list, you will have nothing else. Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 13 that if you don't have love the gifts are meaningless. Jesus told the disciples that people would know who followed Him by their love. John dedicates the book of First John entirely to the subject of love. Take some time to read 1 Corinthians 13 and 1 John. Allow love to influence your praying, your actions and your desire to be used by God for others. #devotionalthought #fruitofthespirit #love #spiritualgiftsIt's that time of yearHave you ever noticed that the fruit of the spirit is singular? Everything in the list should be evident in our lives. Much attention is given to the gifts in 1 Corinthians 12 but those don't matter if the fruit is not evident in your life. Take time to look up Scriptures on each thing in the list and ask the Holy Spirit to help you cultivate the fruit of the Spirit in your life. #devotionalthought #fruitofthespirit“Ok I’m saying it. Because it’s too important not to. What is happening in Christianity? More and more of our outspoken leaders or influencers who were once “faces” of the faith are falling away. And at the same time they are being very vocal and bold about it. Shockingly they still want to influence others (for what purpose?)as they announce that they are leaving the faith. I’ll state my conclusion, then I’ll state some rebuttals to statements I’ve read by some of them. Firstly, I never judge people outside of my faith. Even if they hate religion or Christianity. That is not my place and I have many friends who disagree with my religion and that is 100% fine with me. However, when it comes to people within my faith, there must be a measure of loyalty and friendship and accountability to each other and the Word of God. “My conclusion for the church (all of us Christians): We must STOP making worship leaders and thought leaders or influencers or cool people or “relevant” people the most influential people in Christendom. (And yes that includes people like me!) I’ve been saying for 20 years(and seemed probably quite judgmental to some of my peers) that we are in a dangerous place when the church is looking to 20 year old worship singers as our source of truth. We now have a church culture that learns who God is from singing modern praise songs rather than from the teachings of the Word. I’m not being rude to my worship leader friends (many who would agree with me) in saying that singers and musicians are good at communicating emotion and feeling. We create a moment and a vehicle for God to speak. However, singers are not always the best people to write solid bible truth and doctrine. Sometimes we are too young, too ignorant of scripture, too unaware, or too unconcerned about the purity of scripture and the holiness of the God we are singing to. Have you ever considered the disrespect of singing songs to God that are untrue of His character? Read the rest of his post at https://cogentchristianity.com/2019/08/13/skillets-john-cooper-on-apostasy-among-young-christian-leaders/ #christianity #faith #apostacy #cultureJohn Wesley on THE LAW & THE GOSPEL ... there is no contrariety at all between the law and the gospel; ... there is no need for the law to pass away in order to the establishing of the gospel. Indeed neither of them supersedes the other, but they agree perfectly well together. Yea, the very same words, considered in different respects, are parts both of the law and the gospel. If they are considered as commandments, they are parts of the law: if as promises, of the gospel. Thus, 'Thou shalt love the Lord the God with all thy heart,' when considered as a commandment, is a branch of the law; when regarded as a promise, is an essential part of the gospel-the gospel being no other than the commands of the law proposed by way of promises. Accordingly poverty of spirit, purity of heart, and whatever else is enjoined in the holy law of God, are no other, when viewed in a gospel light, than so many great and precious promises. There is therefore the closest connection that can be conceived between the law and the gospel. On the one hand the law continually makes way for and points us to the gospel; on the other the gospel continually leads us to a more exact fulfilling of the law .... We may yet further observe that every command in Holy Writ is only a covered promise. (Sermon 25, "Sermon on the Mount, V," II, 2, 3)PRAYER, DIRECTION & HOLINESS PSALM 61:1-4 NKJV "Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah". When we pray, God leads us to himself. It's interesting that David says lead me to the rock. He didn't know where the rock was, but through prayer he knew he would find the rock. Jesus told Peter in Matthew 16:18 that on the rock of revelation that He is the Son of God that He would build His Church. When we keep our eyes on Jesus, no matter the situation we can find comfort, protection and wisdom. Psalm 61 promises shelter and protection from the enemy but we must abide. What does abiding look like? Following God's Word, being holy as Jesus is holy and helping our fellow man. Today, fix your eyes on Jesus. Walk as He walked and watch Him direct you through the day. Meditate on it: John 15 #devotionalthought #abiding #meditation #holiness #protectionSo many times the first thing we think of when we hear the word worship is a church service or a night of singing. These things are worship, but sometimes the sweetest times with Jesus are when you are alone and just begin to worship Him with words from your heart. Some of us speak them and others sing. It's in moments like those or when we are alone in the car that the words of Jesus come to mind. "Those who worship Me must worship in spirit and in truth. So many of the hymns and worship songs we love to sing in church actually came from a time of a worshiper singing their own song to God. When we are walking with Jesus and spending daily time with Him, that is when are worship is sweetest to Him and transforming for us. #devotionalthought #worship #holiness #heartattitude #morethanasong#onenewman #jewishrootsJesus said, if you love me you will obey me. He wouldn't have said that if He didn't know we could do it. The power of the Holy Spirit enables us to walk in love which is the fulfillment of every command. Holiness of heart and life is not unattainable, it is the mark and it is the evidence of the Christian life. The more time we spend with the Lord, the more we will be like Him. #devotionalthought #holinessTruthThings aren't hidden from us, they are hidden for us.August 2019 S M T W T F S « Jun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Topics & Series
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