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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS YOU ARE A NEW CREATURE? WHEN YOU ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY AND ALL THINGS BECOME NEW. THAT IS US. OUR APPEARANCE WON'T CHANGE BUT OUR SPIRITS WILL. IT TELLS US ALL OF THIS IN ONE VERSE IN 2ND CORINTHIANS 5:17 WHERE IT SAYS "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." AND, AS FOR HAVING GOD'S SPIRIT IN US, LOOK AT 1ST JOHN 4:15-17 WHERE IT SAYS "(15) Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. (16) And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (17) Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." DID YOU NOTICE IT SAYS "IN THIS WORLD"? THAT MEANS FROM NOW THROUGH ETERNITY. FROM WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 16, ANYONE WHO PROFESSES TO DWELL IN GOD AND YET DOESN'T WALK IN LOVE IS DECEIVED OR TRYING TO DECEIVE.
WHEN WE RECEIVE JESUS, WE RECEIVE GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT AND EVIDENTLY HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE GRIEVED ACCORDING TO EPHESIANS 4:30 WHERE IT SAYS "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." ALTHOUGH OUR SPIRITS ARE SEALED, SOMETIMES THE OLD CARNAL MAN INSIDE US LIFTS HIS HEAD UP GRIEVING HOLY SPIRIT. VERSE 31 AND 32 OF EPHESIANS 4 TELLS US HOW NOT TO GRIEVE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN IT SAYS "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
WE ALL NEED TO STAY IN GOD'S WORD, ESPECIALLY YOU NEW CHRISTIANS. THIS IS THE WAY WE BUILD OUR FAITH AND WITHOUT FAITH, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. ALSO, WITHOUT FAITH, WE BECOME INEFFECTIVE IN OUR MINISTRY. I WOULD NEVER WANT TO LET SOMEONE GO TO HELL BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LEAD THEM TO JESUS. STUDY HARD AND REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD SAID IN JEREMIAH 29:13 WHEN HE SAYS "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
