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GLOBAL GRACE - OCTOBER 2014 Do You Have The Belt of Truth? 14. We Believe That We Are Perfect in Christ Before God Hebrews 10:22 “Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews 10:14 “For by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” No, we do not believe that we are at present morally and ethically perfect and sinless, but we definitely believe that Jesus was the perfect sacrifice on the cross and that He planted the spotlessly pure and holy new man in our hearts. We also believe that our Lord Jesus presents us to God on the basis of what He did on the cross and not according to what we try and do ourselves. Therefore we believe that the reborn Christian has a ‘status’ before God and that is being completely pure and totally without error or sin. We also believe we have a practical ‘standing’ which is not wholly without sin or perfect. But by grace we know that God judges us "in Christ", in our perfected state and not in our secular and inadequate standing. We believe and know too that a Christian who understands his or her perfect, new-man status before God will not become careless and think that he or she can sin as they wish because God has already declared us perfected. Romans 6 teaches us exactly how the Spirit works in us now that we have been perfected and how our sinful bodies should be working in the service of God and how every part of us should be offered to Him as an instrument of righteousness. The old man cannot be restored completely, but by the indwelling of God's Spirit the body will be in service to the glory of God as far as possible and under the authority of the Holy Spirit.
IN THE WORLD,BUT NOT OF THE WORLD. Inspite of the efforts by preachers and top church leaders to reinvent and re-interpret the basic and fundamental truth of the bible, the fact still remains that true and genuine believers in Jesus are in the world but not of the world. That is the express word of our Lord Jesus in John 17:14-18. He says that 'my Kingdom is not of this world' John18:36. And,if,only In this world we have hope, then we are of all men the most miserable.1corinthians15:19 It is crystal clear then that genuine believers will have their feet in the world, but their heart and life is in heaven. They will be heavenly minded even though they are still engaged in keeping body and soul together in the world. While they are labouring for the Kingdom here, their mind and heart is not mix with the toys, things and sands that this world have to offer.their definition of success in life and ministry is not money, power, properties,fameand toys that this world has to offer. Their definition of success is living to obey God, fulfilling His purpose, making spiritual impact and contributing positively to others. Genuine disciples of Christ live moderately and simply in this world. They show to the world that they are looking for a better city, whose maker and,builder is God. Hebrews11:10. Quite sad today that many professed believers and preachers are like the Israelites of old, who left Egypt but Egypt was still inside them. If you are still of the world while you profess to follow Christ, then you don't really know Him. Because whosoever is of the world is not of the Father. 1john2:15-17. Top of the day to you
~NOW LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD~ JESUS goes by many name, HE's who need HIM to be. Call on HIM in time of need, and you will see. But you must first believe, and in HIM you must trust. Because of the love HE has, HE's always there for us. So what is there to say, about what JESUS has done. Because HE was even around, before time had begun. This is what HE said to me, and really blew my mind. HE said that HE's the M and E, the ME at the end of time. JESUS name was and in eternity, HE is time and space. HE is GOD in the flesh, the essence of mercy and grace. Let no one misled you, or tell you who's HE's not. Because HE is the only HOPE, that this world has got. So this is the biggest secret, that there is in this life. We must return back to our place, and the doorway is JESUS CHRIST.
Some of God’s promises are conditional, but we can stand in faith on all of them. It’s not a matter of naming and claiming a promise; however, promises should be coupled with prayer and an earnestness to know God’s will for our lives. While God wants each of us to experience His best, He also wants us to know and enjoy His presence in a personal way that best expresses His sufficiency. Claiming a promise without leadership from His Holy Spirit will lead to disappointment,disillusionment, and frustration. Read Numbers 23:19 and 2 Samuel 7:18.
FROM MY DESK....ACTS1:1-5 '' The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, OF ALL THAT JESUS BEGAN BOTH TO DO AND TEACH, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he THROUGH THE HOLY GHOST HAD GIVEN COMMANDMENTS unto the apostles whom he had CHOSEN: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with them, COMMANDED THEM that they should not depart from Jerusalem, BUT WAIT FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; BUT YE SHALL BE BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY GHOST NOT MANY DAYS HENCE
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