A person cannot encounter Jesus to the fullest and NOT receive a change of heart or an attitude adjustment. Life is hidden in the words of Christ and only in him can one find freedom to live life to the fullest. By humbly lowering oneself under Christ, by willing to learn and to be guided by his powerful words, our hearts, passions and mentality will constantly seek to follow HIM.
At one moment in the gospel of John Jesus comes out and says, if you really are my disciples you will hold to my teachings and then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. Jesus is saying; “if you hold or abide to my teaching, if you settle down and soak in my words, if you use me as your foundation, if you dwell in my word or in my teaching then you are disciples of mine and then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”
To find the abundances of life we must learn first who Jesus is and then who we are in Jesus… Only then the possibility will come where you can walk in step with God and actually hear His voice and hear His truth every day. If we learn to abide in His word no matter the circumstance, in any situation, in any dilemma, under any kind of confusion we will hear the voice of Jesus and hear the truth of Jesus and begin to abide in His truth finding freedom in every context and every position of life.
Jesus’ desire is for us to bask in his word so that the word can shape and form us into truth. My desire is that we would guide and produce followers of Jesus who get excited about what Jesus says and who will go to great lengths and far off distances for the sake of His name. I want believers who can find themselves in Jesus and know that without God they are nothing. I want to make sure that we elevate followers of Jesus not followers of churches. I want to make sure that we raise followers of Jesus not followers of pastors or authors. I want to raise followers of Jesus who get excited about the words of Jesus and not the words of the world.
The bible is not just a book, it is truth, and His word will give everyone life and it will set all free… There is a whole world lost and locked in a destiny and there is only one key for them so that they may be set free from the lies and the deceptions of this world. It is the Christians job to bring the world to this knowledge. It is the Christians job to tell the world that before their pain came, HE WAS, before their heart was broken, HE WAS, before it all went wrong, HE WAS, before the house burned down, before your world collapsed, before their most excruciating pains, HE WAS! And we can all go to the one who was before all things knowing that He will gladly take our lives and mend and restore them all back together. HE can put back together what has been shattered, torn or lost cause he is God and nothing slows him down. For he alone claims; “before Abraham was, I AM!! I am God before all that!! So don’t ever think that your life is over.”
“These trials have come so that your faith - of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” The faith that you have, which comes from the message of Christ, is worth more than anything the world has to offer! Do not let anyone deceive you into thinking salvation can be had without obeying the gospel. Those who have faith in God will do what He says and their faith will lead to their salvation. We must come to the realization of the power of the FAITH that God has given us!!
Wherever you insert your faith and hope in, whatever you connect your life into is the most important decision that you will ever make. There are a thousand different voices all around your life trying to dictate your decisions. And every voice seems to have a different response or opinion for your daily situations but if you plug your life into these voices, or if you plug your life into your current circumstances you may not get very far. We must come and connect our lives into the words of Jesus, then and only then will you be set free. We need the words of Jesus because if we don’t have them we will drown in the words of other people causing us only pain; we need the words of Jesus so that we may be set free.
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