"If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17)
What understanding do you have of the salvation of your soul? The work of salvation means tat in your real life things are dramatically changed. You no longer look at things in the same way. Your desires are new and the old things have lost their power to attract you. One of the tests for determining if the work of salvation in your life is genuine is- has God changed the things that really matter to you? If you still yearn for the old things, it is absurd to talk about being born from above - you are deceiving yourself. If you are born again, the Spirit of God makes the change very evident in your real life and thought. And when a crisis comes, you are the most amazed person on earth at the wonderful difference there is in you. There is no possibility of imagining that you did it. It is this complete and amazing change that is the very evidence that you are saved.
What difference has my salvation and sanctification made? For instance, can I stand in the light of 1 Corinthians 13, or do I squirm and evade the issue? True salvation, worked out in me by the Holy Spirit, frees me completely. And as long as I "walk in the light as He is in the light" (1 John 1:7), God sees nothing to rebuke because His life is working itself into every detailed part of my being, not on the conscious level, but even deeper then my consciousness.
-devo from My Utmost For His Highest
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This is the devo for monday november 12th, my apologies on it being late. extremely late.
This devo speaks to me, as this is something that i must really work on. Sure i say im a christian, but how is that evident in myself at all? it is a little but hardly as much as it should be. I'm sure this devo applies to everyone.
-drew rbk (1.2)
lol rawr! gg! i have posted on time! at least on the proper day. i'll change the time later, but no, i did not post this at the proper time. just you can edit the time, rawr!
you cant really lie about it anyway, because if it weren't posted on the proper time, someone would know.
that verse reminded me of something i learned at western... that was very long and complicated to explain
it relates to Jesus being the True vine, and how we are part of the vine that bears no fruit.
(Ask me for more details on this)
-Jon rbk (2,2)
Hey guys, it's been a while.. so advice, don't take redbull unless you have to. It ruins you for 1-2 days.
But I like this devo as it's a reminder of what it means to be Christian, to be born again. And it hits you hard to see if you are really changed or do you still value things like... money, comfort, sex, drugs, fame, popularity... it hit me. As I'm a prisoner to what I feel is the most dangerous thing to me, which is comfort.
Brian Yee -> rbk (1,0)
the hardest part about living a changed life is being consistant at it.
- Jono (4.1)
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