Wednesday, January 25, 2012
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes" - Romans 1:16ai was reminded today about how certainty in the gospel will lead to boasting and rejoicing in it, whereas, uncertainty will lead to being ashamed and silenced!
so many times we feel like we know that we are supposed to be sharing the gospel with our non christian friends, engaging in faithful service to God, or even doing "what is right". however we just feel like we need to push ourselves to do it, and deep down there is this sense of reluctance.
but its good to remember in these times that when we TRULY are convinced by the reality of the gospel, these actions will flow out easily and naturally!
when i read of the gospel in romans 5-8, i am allowing the Holy Spirit to work in me to drive my actions. when we dont read the word, we are forced to rely on just merely keeping the law which we know of in the 10 commandments, and in doing so, try to keep it, but fail! this is because we are using our own strength to be "righteous", rather than allowing the bible to remind us of our motivation for obedience.
often times when we feel far from God, its is probably because we havent been reading the bible to let it convince us of what we believe. even mature Christians need the reminder of the gospel often, so that they will be convinced to live in response to what they believe. (:
avoid the aliens;
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