Is it in Christ...in spirit and in truth?
"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 3:11
Good day ladies!
I pray you are all standing strong and keeping focused on the Lord.
Because there is so much deception and compromise around on the gospel, I wanted to share on that subject again.
In the verse I shared above we must build on Christ and so we must dig deep into His Word to obey Him. There is one truth and yet there are many thousands of different denominations within Christianity all saying they have the truth that it is evident that Christ is not the author of those. What I mean to say is that for those who were like me, having heard the Word of God my whole life yet not fully building on Christ because I had some false ways we must put away all false ways in order to be fully in His truth. And the Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth.
So let me share the gospel again here.
God's Word is filled with His truth and commands and in short we see that we must have all these things in order to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Faith and belief in Jesus Christ as God, His death on the cross for our sins, and His resurrection victorious over death.
Repentance from all sin and the old life we used to live.
New life, being born again by the Spirit of God.
Obedience to all God's commands will produce fruits of holiness acceptable to God as a result of our faith in Christ. Good works of obedience are part of a true faith...for faith without works is dead.
Endurance to the end daily as we cannot be saved if we continue in or fall back into willful sin.
So many people today say just believe in Jesus but there is much more to it than that.
We must be living and obeying this gospel daily.
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain."
1 Corinthians 15:1-2
You might say you have all of that, but what are all the commands God has for us?
As this is a woman's blog, there are some specific areas us women must obey in, remembering obedience is a part of the gospel.
Here are a few...
She will submit to her husband or spiritual authority, having a meek and quiet spirit (not be a feminist), 1 Peter 3, 1 Timothy 2, 1 Corinthians 14.
She will dress in a long loose robe of a dress or skirt and shirt which are plain and unadorned (without flowers and patterns) and will not wear makeup or jewelry in obedience to 1 Timothy 2, & 1 Peter 3.
She will cover her head and hair with a covering in accordance with 1 Corinthians 11.
She will be a keeper and guide of the home, Proverbs 31 & Titus 2.
Those are just a few things that a woman who is obeying the gospel to eternal life will and must practice. Those are not optional or cultural. Disobedience to God's commands is willful sin and please go read Hebrews 10:26 onwards about the severe judgement that will follow for disobedience and sin. I don't want that for you.
Of course there are other areas common to all such as honesty, kindness, love, purity, etc that must be a part of our lives if we claim Him. There are many clear lists in the New Testaments of sins to put away...and what to do instead (Colossians 3, Galatians 5).
Maybe this post will bless someone. I believe that so many think they don't need to hear the gospel any more as they are all good and they believed it once...and just believe in Jesus. There's so much more to it than that, ladies.
It's about getting back to the foundation of Jesus Christ and His Word and commands forsaking false man made ways common in Christianity today. I've had a lot to learn myself of late and much to change as well as I seek truth. I have "believed in Jesus" all of my life but that is not enough. We cannot understand spiritual things and all truth if we are not born again through God's Spirit. He will then guide and lead into truth from the Word as we obey the gospel.
Maybe some of you reading this used to know me and have met me and seen me...maybe even from when I was born:-) But there is so much I have changed, especially in recent times, and so you won't see me anymore at Christmas celebrations or parties, or following my music or exposing my hair to the world (God says to cover it) or "worshipping God" with people who are disobedient Christians (God says avoid them) and more. Why do I not do all these things? Because I love and obey God first! He says keep His commandments if you love Him! All those things are sinful and I have repented of them for Christ. And so must you if you are born again and want to glorify Him and see heaven in the end. There is freedom from all these things in Him! You can have that if you are willing to repent and follow Christ with all your life. If you follow my blog I will explain more about these things in the future as I have in the past as well. I hope to help others too.
Remember one day all the works of man are going to be swept away and destroyed and only those things that cannot be destroyed will remain. What are you living for and are your beliefs truth?
"See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
For our God is a consuming fire."
Hebrews 12:25-29
Just a reminder to test yourself, what are you women building on? Christ or false man-made traditions? Do you need to change and repent?
When I blog I have to make sure that myself I am walking obedient in all truth I know. It helps to examine myself in all I write. These posts are for me also. I don't want any hypocrisy in me...we know how Jesus dealt with that in the Pharisees etc. I love others and want them to see the truth of the gospel too that will lead to eternal life.
So I
"Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed."
John 6:27
Ponder this what Jesus said.
"Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."
Luke 6:47-49
Hearing and doing.
Love in Christ,
...from a daughter of God
See the gospel to eternal life here.