#1 You’re kidding!

You’re kidding

If you think you want to put on Christ and also blend with the rest of the world

It is my opinion that a Christian should be so devoted to doing what God has said,

he/she has no time to be criticizing other Christians

If you find yourself doing that, losing your gentleness and spewing hatred towards another Christian

Be assured that you have gotten lost in the mews of comparing yourself with another

In case you are mistaken, Christianity is not a contest

It is a race against yourself to please God better today than yesterday walking in the

righteousness that is of faith

whatever your understanding of that is, is your problem

If you get the understanding right, deep down in your spirit, you will get a witness

you will know

The desire to be better than another, to tear down another, fear, guilt, the terror of not measuring up will disappear

you will be in that place where you are secure in His love, in His saving grace

And you will be fully persuaded, convinced that you are qualified for His goodness and every good thing in God

not because a man ticked you right and said, ‘nike’ with a ‘you got it right’ on his result pad

But because the most high God put His sign of approval on you

Because of the cross of Christ

You are approved, loved and accepted

No one, no argument or legal defence can make you feel otherwise

not when you have the Holy Ghost who is your legal advocate constantly defending you against the accuser; the enemy

believe me,

no, believe God’s word

just the fact that you are a Christian ensures that you are different

You will never be just another man on a street corner when you have Jesus.

who is now seated at the right hand of God

and because of the Holy Ghost

He is always present knocking at the door of your heart asking and waiting like a gentleman to see if you would let Him in and let Him bear your burdens (If you aren’t saved)

But when you are born again

You gotta accept this truth: HE LIVES IN YOU

Biology can’t explain it, physics, chemistry, logic will fail you

but it is truth all the same; its reality

Reality will witness to you, that you are God’s tabernacle

this is the greatest testimony of love

That the most high God would inhabit a man

and make Him the temple of God

A man in Christ is different from a man in the world

A man who lacks understanding will call it mystical

I call it spiritual

1 Corinthians 6:17 says same

If you don’t believe that, live it and respond to that truth

in your daily life; that is too bad

I am done with what anyone says

I am born again, born of the spirit and I make no apologies about it

I don’t even intend to prove it to you

You don’t matter

I zeroed everyone the day that I walked down that aisle and said

‘I accept Jesus as Lord’

If you don’t believe it, too bad, I do not live to please you

And yes, I have authority

I have the believers authority

Being a member of a church did not qualify me for authority

being a man in Christ qualified me to walk in authority

breaking-it-down

I have authority because I believe in Jesus Christ and on Jesus Christ

I believe that he was sent by God to be crucified on a cross for my sins

so that I might be free to walk boldly into God’s presence without fear, guilt or condemnation

I recognize and honour authority

but I also have the wisdom of God

Christ is my wisdom

so I walk pleasing God in all that I do

I believe Jesus will be the only one presiding in the white throne judgment

I long for that day with all that is in me

when the all-knowing only wise God will preside.

Glad that I know Him theoretically and practically

because He does exist beyond the pages of the bible

I see Him in my life daily doing His purposes and great things

I have seen Jehovah Rohi

I have seen El roi

Jehovah Mekoddishkem

Jehovah Tsidkenu

Jehovah Rapha

Jehovah Shalom

Jehovah Jireh my provider
My counselor

If you don’t know all the aspects of God or desire to experience all of God

you will not progress in many areas but it is up to you to seek Him

It is not something a Wednesday/Sunday service will do for you

It is a daily spending time with God, reading about and experiencing Him
Doing this will ensure you are not shaky in your faith

It will build your confidence in the goodness of God so that you don’t find it convenient to blend in or/and be like the rest of the world

If you want to know if God speaks, read Genesis 2-3, He spoke to Adam and Eve

read Jeremiah, he spoke to Jeremiah and showed him visions

He spoke to Isaiah and Ezekiel of the famous dead bones living again

That was God speaking to Ezekiel

He was a friend of Abraham, not a fake friend but a genuine friend who speaks with you, is concerned about your life, where you are going.

He spoke to Jesus Christ, told Him what to do, where to go, when to go, who to listen to
(Just read the Jewish feast where he yelled, "If anyone thirsts, come to me and drink")

He spoke to John on the Island of Patmos, the bible speaks of John being transported and seeing the revelations of the end.

If he can speak to John, why do you think he won’t speak to you?

God laughs

God rejoices when a soul is saved

God gets hurt and grieved

God sees

God speaks too

Can you find out more ways in which God expresses Himself?

if you look out for it while reading your bible, you will see it

It would help you get to know Him better and more

I did!
Am still doing!