God thinking 64 - True Freedom In Christ 8

"When you are saved - you are not saved for the sake of forgiving your sins only - you are saved from the power that sin has over you, so that as you seek the mind of Christ, you can by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit overcome the propensity (the desire) to choose the lesser way, not one time, but every time.

You are not saved just so that God can give you a tickets to heaven. 

You are saved so that your spirit can be quickened, (made alive) in order to reunite you in a personal relationship with God.

And that relationship is sacred.

Getting saved is being born-again and re-created into a new creature:

t    Not one that is easily led astray, but one that is easily led to God.

t    Not one that seeks the right of self-fulfillment, but one

who seeks the right to represent Christ as Ambassador and Priest.

t    Not one looking for ways to go against God, but one looking for ways to be like Christ.

t    Not one who seeks fulfillment in sin and indiscretion, but one who seeks fulfillment in living a holy life.

Instead of thinking about all the ways that you can get personal satisfaction apart from the teachings of Christ, you should be thinking about all the ways that you can knock, seek and find personal satisfaction in Christ.

I have said it before and I say it again; If you don’t like the things of God and the everyday process that comes with living a holy life in Christ, you aren’t going to like heaven either."

 

Excerpt from God thinking 64 - True Freedom In Christ by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2012