Sunday, January 27, 2013

God thinking XIII - Living To Your Full Potential 6

Matthew 8:13
And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee.  And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.”

Now here’s something to get excited about!!!

1 Peter 1:3-5
Blessed be the God and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
V4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
V5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

The Word speaks to your spirit.
The Word nourishes your spirit.
The Word empowers your spirit.

There are two reasons why I am putting so much emphasis on the generational inheritance of spiritual values.

1     Even if your spiritual heritage was/is excellent and even if those before us set a good example, and even if they taught all the right things and represented God with unflinching faith - You need to know that none of what someone else learned of God or did with God will be posted to your account.  In other words you and I must establish our own relationship with God by personal experience.  If your spiritual heritage was excellent it may have given you a good start, but the fulness of revelation for each generation must come by personal experience.

2     The second reason we are spending so much time on this subject - If those before you set a poor example or mis-represented the Word of God, you may have been taught things that are not true or worse.  If this is who went before you, you a will have to break away from these influences.  You will have to break away from these influences,  before you can establish on your own, a right relationship with God by personal relationship.

You can be nice about this, but you have got to break away from the words and attitudes that disarm or dilute God’s Holy Word.
 
Excerpt from God Thinking XIII - Living To Your Full Potential by Keith C. Powell copyright 2013

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