Faithfulness: the secret to attaining your ultimate goal.
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast...
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Author: Charles L. Stanley
When being hardheaded is a good thing
During tough times like many are going through now with COVID and its attending disruptions to life, we often hear James 1:2 quoted as an antidote to our pain. The question we should ask when this advice is given is, “Why? Why should I count trials as points of joy?” When I get the answer, I am still scratching my head. What? Because the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Why is that such a good thing? There is an effect that comes from being steadfast, it produces in us maturity (perfect) and completion (complete in all respects, consummate – Thayer’s Greek Lexicon), lacking nothing.
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Is calling for obedience the same as legalism?
Obedience to what Jesus has commanded seems to be the missing ingredient in most Western churches. When obedience is emphasized, the teachers are criticized as teaching legalism. The Apostle Paul soundly condemns legalism in his letter to the Galatians.
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Jesus approach to making disciples
We know that to get the kind of results Jesus got, we must do the work the same way Jesus did. For anyone who has carefully studied how Jesus made disciples, it is evident that the vast bulk of the church is not following Jesus as a disciple-maker.
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What if you met Jesus on the street today?
Close your eyes (after you finish reading these instructions, of course), imagine you are walking down the sidewalk in your town, and someone comes around the corner in front of you. Somehow you intuitively know this is Jesus. What is his appearance like to you in your imagination?
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Shall we live by truth, or be dominated by lies?
The truth is not relegated to religious discussions alone. It is of ultimate importance. Whether humans live in freedom or not depends on the truth. Right now, in the West, truth is a casualty. The powers that be have been doing their best to destroy the truth. Of course, the ultimate truth is Jesus, who said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Jesus makes no room for deception, falsehood, and lies. If human beings are to continue to experience freedom from tyranny, then we all are required to speak the truth in the face of lies courageously.
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