Sunday, September 21, 2014

Christ or Corruption?


In Christ God has predestined that the world should be saved. In order for the life of Christ to be seen in us we must be brought into a personal relationship with God through faith. The natural person is opposed to God and without spiritual life they will do evil because they place self before God. The sinful corruption that has infested mankind does not go away by ignoring it or giving it more ingredients that led to the corruption. Christians have responded to the Lord’s invitation and repented of their corruption and are determined to everything so Christ’s image will be formed in them. We do not lose heart but renounce the hidden things of shame! Holiness is produced when Christians willfully cooperate with God and renounce the corrupting behavior that once ruled their conscious. Death to the self-centered life is what produces freedom of faith, which God is looking for. Only as a Christian remains dead to self-sovereignty can the spirit of faith remain in their hearts. This is the hope of God through all generations, all those remaining consecrated to God as He sanctifies them. Only by faith in His blood can just men be made perfect. When Christ is the truth to someone they will live in victory in each area of their life. Does your life show the corruption of sin because of self-sovereignty? Or has your life changed by the Spirit of God so that what is shown through your life is the image of Christ? A life led and directed by the spirit of faith.

[Christ or Corruption]