Allow me to pitch this out to you with little or no elaboration from me. It’s your turn.
John 15:5 (TLV) 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for apart from Me, you can do nothing. Romans 11:16 (KJV) 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. source
Positionally, who are we in CHRIST JESUS?
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Kathie
Romans 5:1 Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. source
We have peace with GOD.
peace: 1. The absence of war or other hostilities. 2. An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities
Because we have trusted the Messiah’s finished work for us; because we have stopped denying our inability to save ourselves, or that we even NEED a Savior, and have finally said yes to the Savior, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD! The war is over!! We are no longer enemies of GOD! We are His family! His Children! Think about it! And see if it doesn’t make ya wanna shout Hallelujah!
Verse 5
5 And hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who was given to us. source Romans 5
Has been! Past tense. Already accomplished. Those who have trusted; those who are at PEACE with GOD; those who have received the Free Gift of Eternal Salvation therewith got GOD’s LOVE poured into their hearts! We don’t have to keep begging for the love of GOD to be in us, we just need to stop resisting the love He has already poured into us! Selah – stop and think about that.
I am! Oh, am I!
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Kathie
I opened Romans 12 just for the pleasure of reading, and for listening.
My first stop was verse 1 – living sacrifice; not a dead one, a living one. JESUS loves life. He wants us to do the same. It’s only reasonable. :)
Romans 12 (TLV) 12:1 I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service. source
Next stop. Verse 2 and we may hang out here till the end of this post.
Romans 12 (TLV) 12: 2 Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. source
Accepting the call of verse 1 makes verse 2 imperative. Do NOT be conformed to this world.
How is the world? It won’t take prolonged exposure to media sources to answer that question with many adjectives. So I’ll pick one.
Sameness.
Actually sameness is a noun but it seems descriptive enough here for my purposes.
The world is clamoring, rioting and when it deems expedient, subliminally training us that we are all the same; even attempting to blur the lines of rudimentary sexuality. Another push is the demand that we must laud all the world’s belief systems, all the world’s values (or lack thereof) with equal dignity and respect.
If all this is too convoluted for you; here’s my summary: if the world is insisting it is right, in all probability it’s wrong. We have one safe place to go to gauge everything. The Word of GOD interrupted by the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD.
Continuing with verse 2. Do NOT be conformed BUT be TRANSFORMED.
How? By the renewing of your mind with the MIND OF CHRIST not the thinkers of this world. Click HERE for Text.
Matthew 24:24 (NKJV) 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. source
Let me be blunt, the growing trend I see in Christendom is I would rather see you go to hell than for me to hurt your feelings. This violates verse 1 and verse 2.
Verse 3 – Haven’t gotten there yet. :)
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