THERE IS A NEED TO BE UNITED.... APOSTASY BEGINS IN OUR HEARTS WHEN WE PUT DISTANCE BETWEEN OURSELVES AND OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST BECAUSE OF A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON A NON-ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE. APOSTASY MEANS THAT WE FALL AWAY FROM THE TRUTH. THIS FALLING AWAY CAN BE COMPLETE OR IT CAN BE SLIGHT. LET US NOT COMMIT APOSTASY IN OUR HEARTS BY ABANDONING THE TRUTH OF GODS CALL OF UNITY AND LOVE WITHIN THE BODY OF CHRIST. REMEMBER, IT IS THE DEVIL THAT WANTS US TO FIGHT EACH OTHER SO THAT HE CAN BE FREED UP TO DECEIVE THE WORLD. IF WE ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER THAN WE ARE FALLING PREY TO HIS TACTICS. I KNOW THAT IT IS EASY TO SPEAK THESE WORDS AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO APPLY THEM. TRUE LOVE IS DIFFICULT TO LIVE WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO DO IT WITHIN OURSELVES WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. WHAT IF THE WORLD STARTED TO SEE HOW THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH STARTED TO LOVE NOT ONLY THEIR OWN CHURCH MEMBERS BUT OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WORLD WOULD SAY IF THE CHURCHES BICKERING STOPPED? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE UNBELIEVERS WOULD SAY IF THEY SAW US LIVING MORE AND MORE THE LOVING ATTITUDE AND A SACRIFICIAL LIFE OF CHRIST ACROSS DENOMINATIONAL BARRIERS? IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS WITNESS FOR CHRIST. IT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS ASSAULT ON THE ENEMY AND I KNOW THAT GOD WOULD USE IT MIGHTILY TO BRING OTHERS TO HIMSELF BY HIS GRACE. APOSTASY BEGINS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL. APOSTASY BEGINS IN THE HEART AND THE MIND. WHICHEVER COMES FIRST IS NOT IMPORTANT. WHETHER WE THINK SOMETHING WRONG AND THEN FEEL IT OR FEEL SOMETHING WRONG AND THEN THINK IT. THE HEART AND THE MIND ARE SO CLOSELY RELATED THAT WE MUST GUARD THEM BOTH. WE MUST FOCUS ON THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD AND LET OUR MINDS BE SHAPED BY IT. WE MUST SEEK TO HAVE OUR MINDS SHAPED BY THE LOVE OF GOD AS WE MOVE NOT ONLY TO LEARN ABOUT HIM, BUT ALSO TO CARRY OUT HIS DESIRES. ~ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL~
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:54:22 +0000
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