Q: ALL GONE"...Your past sins, Your fears, Your past Hurts, Your Past mistakes, Your insecurities are "ALL GONE"....remind the devil it's "ALL GONE"
A: God promised: ""For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more (Jer. 31:34)." Jesus Christ fulfilled: "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit (Jn 19:30)." We are reconciled: "...that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them (2 Cor 5:19)." Your past, present and future sins are gone. You are holy and blameless in the site of God. That truth alone should remind you of how much God loves you. In turn, that love should take away your fear because God is not counting your past hurts and mistakes. That leads to taking away your insecurities. If God is over your past, you now have the ability, in Him, to get over it as well. You can't change your past, you can only relieve yourself of the burden of trying to change it and expecting those who hurt you to pay you back. We don't owe God. Now we can release those who owe us. "It's ALL GONE!"
Q: Why is it important for Christians not to "speak" negative words over yourself?
A: It is funny how people in general, not only Christians, will say things about themselves that they wouldn't tolerate others saying about them. Our words don't create our reality. Our words are a reflection of what we believe about ourselves and our reality. What Christians need is a proper self-image about themselves. And that begins and ends with our identity in Christ. We need to see ourselves through God's eyes not through our eyes or our circumstances. We must ask ourselves, do we believe what God says about us? God says we are forgiven, holy, blameless, sanctified, justified, seated in the heavenlies, clothed with Christ, have eternal life, cleansed, reconciled to God, redeemed, righteous, at peace with God, perfect, in fellowship with God, made complete, have total access to God, given everything and much more. Do you believe this? Cementing these truths in your mind allows you to live above your circumstances and speak the truth about yourself from God's perspective. Amen!
Q: What does the word "Christian" mean?
A: That's the $64,000 question. Today, unfortunately, the term Christian has been hijacked to mean someone who belongs to, and follows the tenants of, a particular denomination. However, there are no Catholics, Protestants, Baptists, etc in Heaven. Jesus didn't come to this earth to start a religion. He came to get God out of Heaven and back into mankind. Mankind was created to be indwelt and directed internally by God Himself. A Christian is a child of God. "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God (Jn 1:12)." I am not a follower of Jesus Christ. I am not behind Him walking in His footsteps. I am led from within by the indwelling Holy Spirit. I have the very life of God inside of me, leading me and guiding me through life. I am set apart from the world to be a light to the world so that Christ can live His life through me. A Christian is an ambassador of Christ, a sheepdog leading the lost back to the Shepherd! Amen!
Q: Jesus says when you are "weak" I'm strong..Does this mean the we (Christan's) are "weak"?
A: Christians are weak. Weak in the flesh. Paul said, "That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong (1 Cor. 12:10)." Despite popular belief, we cannot live the Christian life. No matter how hard we try, no matter what steps we take, despite rededicating ourselves ad nauseum to trying to be "more Christlike" we cannot do it. And, God never expected us to. If we could we would be God and there would have been no need for Christ to come. Paul said his righteous works were "dung" compared to knowing Christ (Phil 3:8). Said the things he wanted to do he could not do because of sin living in him (Rom. 7:20). We are no different and are fooling ourselves if we think we are. Our weakness should make us thankful because it is a constant reminder of just how much God, in Christ, has loved us. We cannot live the Christian life. Only Jesus can and did. Now, let Him live it through you.
Q: Why does God "pursue" you?
A: The Bible says, "God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us (Acts 17:27)." God doesn't so much pursue us as much as we "pursue" Him. God has given us the light of Creation (Romans 1), the light of our conscience (Romans 2) and the light of Christ (Romans 3) in order to draw us to Himself. In fact, Jesus said, "But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself (Jn 12:32)." We are told that mankind suppresses the truth when it comes to acknowledging God. His righteous requirements are written on our hearts. And that when compared to Jesus Christ no man is good. God did all this to show us that we are dead in sin so that we would turn to Christ and receive forgiveness and life in Him. Our failed attempts to "be like God" through a lifetime dedicated to works strips us of our pride so we will come to the end of ourselves and acknowledge that apart from Jesus "we can do nothing(Jn 15:5)."
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