The importance of dying to self can not be overstated.
When we watch the news and see the constant stream of death and mayhem that man perpetuates on man;
when we witness friends and family crushed by the sins of OTHERS and, of course, their own sins;
when even creation itself has been turned into something that works against mankind and takes part in
his destruction;
what more do we need to convince us that there is no good thing in the flesh?
But yet;
we continue to justify ourselves;
we point fingers at everyone else;
we feel victimized and unfairly treated;
and continue to blindly (or even knowingly) 'make provision' for our flesh.
The Lord tells us that the corruption that is in the world is through lust (2 Peter 1:4)
Lust is a by-product of the flesh.
The flesh must be crucified.
Yahshua's death is our death if we receive it and allows us to die to our old, flesh man.
If we receive what Jesus did, then we must mortify our members here on earth and present ourselves unto the Lord for His use; service unto Him, worship unto Him.
We no longer will be attempting to build OUR own thing here in this temporary realm but will be invested in
the spiritual kingdom which now is not, but soon will be, manifested for all to see. And those who have lived in the reality of the 'invisible' kingdom, will in no wise be made ashamed when their hope is finally realized under the manifest presence of this world's true king, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yahshua HaMashiach
We must ever be mindful that much of the misery that's being produced around us is because of US! The rest coming from the Evil One warring against the Father's creation.
When we reason that whatever we (i.e., our flesh) desires is what will make us happy and is the wisest choice (Eve) we are cooperating with Satan in bringing destruction to ourselves and to others. We somehow fool ourselves to think that we won't be like the 'other' poor sap that just didn't play his
cards right or was 'unlucky'.
We disregard or are oblivious to or believe we will be an
exception to, the iron clad reality of WHAT WE SOW WE WILL REAP. God is NOT going
to be mocked. There are NO loopholes in this life that will prevent us from eating the fruit of our
doings.
We can say it was a mistake, we didn't know better, someone tricked us, we
thought this was the best way, it was the only way that made 'sense', everyone else does
it this way, or whatever we want to say.
The reality is that we ALL are constantly eating from the tree we shouldn't be eating from
and are reaping the results in our bodies, our relationships and our circumstances.
Our ONLY hope is in Christ.
When we watch the news and see the constant stream of death and mayhem that man perpetuates on man;
when we witness friends and family crushed by the sins of OTHERS and, of course, their own sins;
when even creation itself has been turned into something that works against mankind and takes part in
his destruction;
what more do we need to convince us that there is no good thing in the flesh?
But yet;
we continue to justify ourselves;
we point fingers at everyone else;
we feel victimized and unfairly treated;
and continue to blindly (or even knowingly) 'make provision' for our flesh.
The Lord tells us that the corruption that is in the world is through lust (2 Peter 1:4)
Lust is a by-product of the flesh.
The flesh must be crucified.
Yahshua's death is our death if we receive it and allows us to die to our old, flesh man.
If we receive what Jesus did, then we must mortify our members here on earth and present ourselves unto the Lord for His use; service unto Him, worship unto Him.
We no longer will be attempting to build OUR own thing here in this temporary realm but will be invested in
the spiritual kingdom which now is not, but soon will be, manifested for all to see. And those who have lived in the reality of the 'invisible' kingdom, will in no wise be made ashamed when their hope is finally realized under the manifest presence of this world's true king, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Yahshua HaMashiach
We must ever be mindful that much of the misery that's being produced around us is because of US! The rest coming from the Evil One warring against the Father's creation.
When we reason that whatever we (i.e., our flesh) desires is what will make us happy and is the wisest choice (Eve) we are cooperating with Satan in bringing destruction to ourselves and to others. We somehow fool ourselves to think that we won't be like the 'other' poor sap that just didn't play his
cards right or was 'unlucky'.
We disregard or are oblivious to or believe we will be an
exception to, the iron clad reality of WHAT WE SOW WE WILL REAP. God is NOT going
to be mocked. There are NO loopholes in this life that will prevent us from eating the fruit of our
doings.
We can say it was a mistake, we didn't know better, someone tricked us, we
thought this was the best way, it was the only way that made 'sense', everyone else does
it this way, or whatever we want to say.
The reality is that we ALL are constantly eating from the tree we shouldn't be eating from
and are reaping the results in our bodies, our relationships and our circumstances.
Our ONLY hope is in Christ.
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