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Someone must need this truth today. I typed this thing up earlier and due to some technical glitch I lost the whole thing. I'm assuming that the enemy would not have us think about these truths from Gods word. I hope they bless someone as much as it has blessed me....
I have an older bible that I used to write key phrases/sayings that would speak to me from a message/sermon that I would hear in church. I've got probably 6-8 pages worth of quotes written in this bible. One that I wrote down said this "Nothing will keep you from sinning like practicing the presence of God".....I don't remember too much from that sermon...but I do remember that. I've not understood that until recently. There are several passages in the bible that speak to this very concept....."Christ in you, the hope of glory"....the very thought of the principle that we are in God and He is in us....how does that not effect our daily lives? How can we ignore this very important and awe-inspiring fact?
Not only are we to realize the presence of God - but also those saints and Christians that have passed on....this truth is revealed in Hebrews
12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Not only are we to realize their witness and character from reading the bible - but we are surrounded by them. That's what this verse says. They are with us every day.
Christ said that his yoke is easy and his burden is light. I believe that is true. How much more difficult is it to suffer because we have sinned versus suffering for the cause of Christ? The bible tells us this very fact. That we should count it as joy if we should suffer persecution for living a Godly life. I truly believe that we make the Christian life and our relationship with God much more complicated than it needs to be. God loves us and wants what is best for us. The very seed he planted in us when we were saved is growing in us....we CANNOT continue in sin if this seed is in us...it's impossible.
May we daily practice the presence of God and experience the wonderful joy of this reality. Christ in you the hope of glory! |
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