You cannot become a giant in the faith overnight or in a day. Real spiritual growth in Christ is a process just as a plant needs a lot of time to grow from a seedly to a mighty tree. How you start does not really matter, but your consistency in feeding on the Word matters a lot.
God’s love is so strong that it has the power to constrain every believer to live right with Him. It is not entirely dependent on us because God is the One who first loved us (see 1 John 4:19). And because of that reality, whether we love Him back or not doesn’t diminish His love for us in any way.
For the scripture to say, “Do not get drunk on wine,” then it means don’t take alcohol or any wine or drink with even the slightest alcoholic content in it. If you do, it’ll lead you to debauchery (meaning immorality), which is improper to be said about you.
The body of Christ is not made of perfect people. But because of the love of God dwelling in each believer, you cannot but love people. Dear one, it doesn’t matter who has offended you or made a scandal of you in church. Forgive such a person because of your love for Jesus and live in harmony.
Sometimes, when God prevents you from doing certain things, it’s for your own protection, not limitation. Adam and Eve’s case wasn’t different. God wanted their minds to be filled with only what is good, not a mixture of good and evil. And let me tell you that that desire is still in God’s heart for every believer today.
As a believer, you are already in the Spirit (see Romans 8:9). You got translated into the Spirit the moment you were saved. But even though that’s your spiritual position, walking in that realm requires intentional followership of the Word and Spirit’s leading in your life.
In our families, siblings love one another. Right? Why? Because they are from the same parents. In the same way, you can’t say you love God but hate any of His children, no matter how the person behaves.
You train your spiritual eye to see by beholding God’s Word in all that you do. That is why consistent study of the scriptures, coupled with prayer and fasting, is essential in your life as a believer.
Does the devil have a foothold in you? Can you boldly declare that the devil has no trace of sin in you? Can you really do that?
There are several scriptures that give out the characteristics of God’s kingdom. But in Romans 14:17, Paul wrote three of them together. He says God’s kingdom is not meat and drink. But what? Righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
What we need to reign in life is in Christ, not in the world. And what are they? The abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness. You cannot gain any of these if you’re an unbeliever.
As believers, God wants us to live so pure and holy that we have nothing to do with sin, even in our weakest selves.
