BREAKING OFF LIMITS
/ BREAKING OFF LIMITS 22 THE LIFE OF PURITY
Those who are pretending, who want to show people that they are what they are not are into deception. But, God is calling us to have a pure heart, to be real and to love Him. If God will work with you, you must make a choice of purity.
There are many people today in church who behave like Ananiah and Saphirah. They are born again, they speak in tongue; they have made Him their saviour but not yet the Lord of their lives. Lord is Adonai which means controller or master. He wants to have total control of your life.
When the Lord bought you, you lost your right to him. The things you bought don't protest. That is the reality of redemption. You need therefore to submit to Him.
See the testimony about the life of Jesus:
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Hebrew 1: 8-9
Jesus could reign and rule because He loved righteous life.
2 Tim 2:20-21 says,
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
It is not God that determines which vessels you will be, it is you that determine it. If a man or a woman purges himself from the corruption in the world, from compromise, jealousy and sin, he will be a vessel unto honour.
Beloved, for a victorious Christian life, holiness is not optional. Many people chase after money but, if you get the money and lose your soul what have you gained? You must live holy.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Jonah 2:8
Also the Bible says,
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries:
but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits.
Daniel 11: 32
It is easier to preach it than to do it, but our first commitment is to be a doer of God's words. There are many people today who are not saved because they do not know the difference between Christianity and 'Christianism'. Many people practice Chritianism as the life of Christ has not permeated into them; thus they are bad examples of Christianity. God is looking for good role models in the last days, men you can follow as they follow Jesus.
Follow a man as he follows Jesus, when he turns away from Jesus, stop following Him.
Eph 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
There are greedy Christian who are not satisfied with what God has for them. Our nation would have changed today if believers had lived for the Lord. However, God is depending on you as the 'remnant' that will be the model of salts and lights in the world
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Rom 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
When something entices you and your body says, go and sin, tell your body, "You are dead". God talked to himself also, He said, "Let us make man in our own image". You are a talking spirit; you too can talk to your body. Say no, it is not right. Your body should not mislead you.
When a child is born, he first learns to sit. Then he crawls, stands and walks. If you see a small child that was born who started running the same day, you will call it a mystery. Normally in learning to walk a child will stumble severally. In your life too, there may be momentary stumbling in your walk with God.
If a child refuses to make further attempts at walking because of stumbling, he will never walk. In your Christian life you can stumble, that is why He makes provision of forgiveness for you. You should confess and say, 'I am sorry Lord". Don't wait till Sunday to confess. Quickly rise up and say I am sorry Lord, in my heart I don't want to fail you. I come to you asking for your mercy and forgiveness in your name. There is forgiveness! That is what the bible says:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I John 1:9
He told us to come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy in the time of need. It is mercy you need and not justice when you fail.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrew 4:16
Why is He forgiving us all the time? He does it so that the devil will not accuse us. If he accuses us, our prayer may be hindered.
Jesus was sent to the pool of Bethsaida. He met there a man who was sick and dying for 38 years. The sickness was 8 years older than Jesus! He healed him and told him to sin no more lest a worse thing happens to him. It means sin opened him to 38 years of infirmity. If you know the havoc that sin can bring, you will not want to sin for a day. That is why I advise you to live for the Lord. Don't leave sin unconfessed. If you miss it, rise up, repent and continue with the Lord. Be confident in God that He is able to help you.
Afterward, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
John 5:14
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