Greetings sisters!
I hope this finds you holding fast to Christ wherever you are! We must do that with purpose of heart. The picture we get from the Word is that we are going to need to put a lot of effort into enduring and fighting the good fight of faith. No it is not working for our salvation apart from Christ but His Word speaks the truth that we must through much tribulation enter the kingdom. We must strive to enter the kingdom. God has given us spiritual armour so why would we need that if it was easy and there were no dangers of losing our soul? No, we have been told there is an adversary who is as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour and also may manifest as an angel of light. We know the nature of man to do that which is easiest and more pleasing to those around us. We know it's affections and lusts of all sorts that we must crucify. But the Lord is our strength and we have a good deal of help in the Word to guide us through this life.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.1 Peter 2:11-12
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.1 Timothy 6:11-12
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Romans 13:8-14
Praise God that we have the truth of life in His Word! Let us be truly wise and fear Him and know the dangers around us and within ourselves. There is nothing worth losing our soul over and more importantly despising the One who loved and died for us.
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 5:22-29
Let us be sober minded about this all and see the seriousness of our actions and the cost of not walking worthy of such a wonderful Saviour. God have mercy on us and help us to keep honouring the Son in our life and actions.
In Him is hope and joy! Let us abide in Him and keep examining our ways to make sure they are becoming of the gospel of Christ. Hold fast sisters. Love and mercy unto you.
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