12 Jan Resolve To Live A Holy Life
Deacon Hui Zhen - 11 December 2014
True Gospel Man, The Wise Builder, The Gospel-Driven Living
A true gospel man knows that the reason why Jesus gave the sermon on the mount is not to force upon us a certain code of conducts that believers should adhere too. Instead, he knows that God wants us to restore the original love with God in Christ, one that is grounded in love, and thus fearless. A gospel man knows that he is called by the gospel not because of his esteemed conditions but purely the grace and sovereignty of Lord, despite his weaknesses and ordinary conditions. Because of the irrevocable love of God, he will want to face the Lord in all things and in all times, and his focus will gradually be shifted from the earthly matters to the matters concerning the kingdom of God, the spiritual matters. No one can walk in this journey of faith without confirming what God has done in her life, and how faithfully God has led her through all this while. If the gospel we believe in is true and from God, He will prove Himself to be true - our eyes will be able to see the evidences of His sovereign leading in our lives if we live in obedience to God - for the fruits of the Spirit will emerge and blossom in our lives, inside out. Test and confirm if you have been walking closely with God today. One who is walking closely and needing Lord at all times will delight herself in prayers in all things and in all times, only want to hear from God alone. The set apart life she leads will lead to beautiful spiritual fruits developing in her life, manifesting the glory of God through all her conditions.
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Are we prepared to be different?
- Consecrated: Be separate/different.
- Do we dare to be different?
- More than the danger, see the wisdom and privilege to be different.
- <1 Th 5> 5 You are all children of the lightand children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
- Would we rather be socially acceptable, or God-acceptable?
- Remember that we are “strangers on earth”.
- <Prov 29:25> “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.”
- Opposite of consecration: Typical
Consecration is not a one-time resolution but a lifetime lifestyle
<1 Th 4> 1 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
- Resolution >> holy lifestyle, whole person >> rewards
- Private >> public consecration
- Consecrated ‘daily schedule’.
- Consecrated ‘divine timing’.
- Consecrated ‘waiting time’.
Consecrated serving
- When consecrated believers serve, then can impact the world.
- Serve like it is a privilege, not a chore.
- Aim to be consecrated for noble purposes.
- The more consecrated, the more anointing.
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