God does not consult your past to determine your future. Everybody has a "past" of some kind-a past that God expects us to leave behind. God commands you to leave your past and press toward the future He has for you. You must let go of your past to embrace your future. The apostle Paul wrote, "I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:13-14). Man is like a tree. His heart, not his will alone, is the root. There is no possible way by which the will can choose to produce fruit contrary to the character of the root. If the root is bad, the tree is bound by its very nature to produce evil fruit. Man is like a person standing alongside his treasure chest. There is no possibility of bringing pure gold out of a box filled only with rusty steel. The contents of the heart determine what words and deeds may be brought out. Far from being neutral, the will must reach into the heart for its choices. Every thought, word and deed will partake of the nature of the treasure within. Man is like a stream which cannot rise above its source. If the fountain is polluted, the outflow will be evil. If the source be sweet, the stream will not be bitter and cannot choose to be so. These three illustrations alike contain the same lesson. What a man is determines what he chooses. Choices of the will always reveal the character of the heart, because the heart determines the choices. The true Christian was intended by Christ to prove all things by the Word of God, all churches, all ministers, all teaching, all preaching, all doctrines, all sermons, all writings, all opinions, and all practices. These are his marching orders. Prove all by the Word of God; measure all by the measure of the Bible; compare all with the standard of the Bible; weigh all in the balances of the Bible; examine all by the light of the Bible; test all in the crucible of the Bible. That which cannot abide the fire of the Bible, reject, refuse, repudiate, and cast away. This is the flag which he nailed to the mast. May it never be lowered! Remember, you Cannot Conquer What You Will Not Confront and despite whom your leaders are GET TO KNOW GOD AND HIS WORD, THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST FOR YOURSELVES!. Jesus Christ, not your pastors must be the solid foundation on which you build. Choose instead to think new thoughts and to meditate on those things that are praiseworthy and choose to put the focus on the goal-the prize of an upward call of God in Christ Jesus. God Bless.
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:26:31 +0000
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