Post by 2fw8212a on Sept 25, 2020 7:49:04 GMT -5
The only group who are interested in seeing the people of God walking unrighteously is the devil and his friends.
❝...you enemy of all righteousness,
will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?❞ - Acts 13:10
But God wants their people to walk in His righteousness and pursuing it constantly each day.
❝The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves him who follows righteousness.❞ - Proverbs 15:9
❝If you know that He is righteous,
you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.❞ - 1 John 2:29
And this is done not only through our lips but through our actions as well, being empowered by His Holy Spirit.
❝...He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.❞ - John 15:5
Do not be deceived. The Holy Spirit empowers us to walk like He did.
And we must seek to learn and grow in walking as Jesus did.
❝He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.❞ - 1 John 2:6
It is not in our own righteousness that we should walk in, but in the righteousness of Christ.
By following our own righteousness, we would say it is OK to commit fornication, watching some porn or do another light sin as they are not harming anyone.
But by thinking this way we are following our own righteousness.
And it is not our own righteousness that we must be conformed to, it is to the righteousness of Christ.
Those who reject to forsake their sins are welcoming condemnation to themselves.
❝For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”❞ - Hebrews 10:30
❝“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,”
says the Lord God.
“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.❞ - Ezekiel 18:30
And to prove that this is not just Old Testament teaching, the Lord said again in Revelation:
❝And behold, I am coming quickly,
and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.❞ - Revelation 22:12
And again in the New Testament:
❝For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels,
and then He will reward each according to his works.❞ - Matthew 16:27
❝eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;
but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath...❞ Romans 2:7-8
❝...Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die...?❞ - Ezekiel 33:11
❝For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.❞ - John 3:16
Do you want to please God? If yes, then walk in the truth.
❝Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.❞ - John 17:17
❝I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.❞ - 3 John 1:4
❝I say then: Walk in the Spirit...❞ - Galatians 5:16
❝...because the Spirit is truth.❞ - 1 John 5:6
❝...The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.❞ - John 6:63
May God bless you in Jesus' name!
❝...you enemy of all righteousness,
will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?❞ - Acts 13:10
But God wants their people to walk in His righteousness and pursuing it constantly each day.
❝The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves him who follows righteousness.❞ - Proverbs 15:9
❝If you know that He is righteous,
you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.❞ - 1 John 2:29
And this is done not only through our lips but through our actions as well, being empowered by His Holy Spirit.
❝...He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.❞ - John 15:5
Do not be deceived. The Holy Spirit empowers us to walk like He did.
And we must seek to learn and grow in walking as Jesus did.
❝He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.❞ - 1 John 2:6
It is not in our own righteousness that we should walk in, but in the righteousness of Christ.
By following our own righteousness, we would say it is OK to commit fornication, watching some porn or do another light sin as they are not harming anyone.
But by thinking this way we are following our own righteousness.
And it is not our own righteousness that we must be conformed to, it is to the righteousness of Christ.
Those who reject to forsake their sins are welcoming condemnation to themselves.
❝For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”❞ - Hebrews 10:30
❝“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,”
says the Lord God.
“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.❞ - Ezekiel 18:30
And to prove that this is not just Old Testament teaching, the Lord said again in Revelation:
❝And behold, I am coming quickly,
and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.❞ - Revelation 22:12
And again in the New Testament:
❝For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels,
and then He will reward each according to his works.❞ - Matthew 16:27
❝eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;
but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath...❞ Romans 2:7-8
❝...Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die...?❞ - Ezekiel 33:11
❝For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.❞ - John 3:16
Do you want to please God? If yes, then walk in the truth.
❝Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.❞ - John 17:17
❝I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.❞ - 3 John 1:4
❝I say then: Walk in the Spirit...❞ - Galatians 5:16
❝...because the Spirit is truth.❞ - 1 John 5:6
❝...The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.❞ - John 6:63
Now the choice is up to you.
❝He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words,
has that which judges him — the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.❞ - John 12:48
❝I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing;
therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live...❞ - Deuteronomy 30:19
❝He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words,
has that which judges him — the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.❞ - John 12:48
❝I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing;
therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live...❞ - Deuteronomy 30:19
May God bless you in Jesus' name!