Monday, May 15, 2006

Seriously


Seriously. I want people to feel comfortable sharing what the Lord is teaching them in their lives. It doesn't have to be a theological treatise, just what the Spirit has been teaching you. Basically, if you can't type it in English, it may not be what I'm looking for here (most likely).
I, for instance, was meditating on Ephesians 5:8 a few weeks ago. I'm very familiar with the picture of walking in darkness or light clearly pictured in 1 John. I was blown away when I started grasping the concept in this verse. I see here that when I was unsaved, I was not in darkness, but i WAS darkness. I didn't live in it but I contributed to it! NOW, as a regernerated follower of Christ, I am light. I am now a beacon of light to the world.
Side thought... if I'm not a beacon to the world, I'm darkness which means, I have no assurance by Scripture that I am born again. No I don't believe a believer can lose his salvation, but I do believe we coddle to many "sanctified (but lost) "believers" (people who talk the talk but inwardly have no change -- consequently showing up in their personal lives outside of the fellowship of the Body of Christ) into believing they are born again because they prayed with mommy when they were 4 1/2. Brass tax: alive in Christ-walk as light; seperation(death) from Christ - walk as darkness. So, now that I have gone all over the place with this post, your thoughts...

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