II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
July 9th
"For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." I Corinthians 6:20
IF you believe that you are "saved," then that means the Lord BOUGHT YOU FOR A PRICE, paying immensely more for you than a King's Ransom!
And what does that mean? It means that YOU are no longer your own!! You are a bondslave unto The Lamb of God, Who paid out ALL that He had to RANSOM YOU FROM THE DEVIL'S TENTACLES! That you might SERVE CHRIST everlastingly! Has the full portent of that sunk in? YOU are no longer your own: you are Christ's bondman! Or could it be that you still strut, thinking your OWN thoughts, deciding on that which YOU want to do??
How come that we hear about shameful conduct by supposedly anointed servants of Christ? How come that the life of multitudinous "Christians" can scarcely be seen as any different from atheists and agnostics? The answer thereto rests in the fact as already stated: they do not KNOW that they were bought for a price: that they are no longer "their own"! They have only heard that "Jesus Christ died for them": "only believe, then shall your soul be saved"! With that tiny particle-truth ingested, they continue to live today, even as yesterday! But what did the Baptist say? WHAT did the Christ say? And what did the Messiah tell the six pairs of disciples He sent forth?
"REPENT! for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" Matthew 3:2
The Greek word used for "repent" is far stronger than "I'm sorry"! It actually implies: `Face about: you are going in the wrong direction'!
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