In the previous episode, we tackled and defined the contrasting concept of worldly freedom culture and God's freedom culture. In world culture, we do things that satisfy ourselves. We don't even care if it hurts us. What we are after is it gives us temporary pleasure.But we indulge too much of it is not good for us in the long term. We ended up getting sick or we suffer from consequences like illnesses, accidents, or even death.This is the reason God wants us to limit feeding our pleasures, for our good,...
In the previous episode, we tackled and defined the contrasting concept of worldly freedom culture and God's freedom culture. In world culture, we do things that satisfy ourselves. We don't even care if it hurts us. What we are after is it gives us temporary pleasure.
But we indulge too much of it is not good for us in the long term. We ended up getting sick or we suffer from consequences like illnesses, accidents, or even death.
This is the reason God wants us to limit feeding our pleasures, for our good, so you may extend your life or live in meaningful and joyful days amid suffering on earth and of course to be a righteous and deserving citizen in Heaven.
Today, we are going to reflect on how we are going to be free from the bondage of sin.
Our reading is from Matthew 16:24. It says Then Jesus told His disciples, " If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
In summary, do you want to choose to follow Jesus? Then, we have to adapt to God's Kingdom culture and not the culture of this world to please God. But it won't be easy, our old sin nature and temptation are dragging us back down. But there is hope, if we change our mindset to a warrior mindset by embracing suffering, enduring pains, and not be afraid of persecution or trials. Second, continue walking with Jesus and embracing your relationship with him and be like Him in the way, feel, and act. Be critical in our choices - is this pleasing to God or what would Jesus do? Finally, having the desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit and continuously walk with Spirit by reading the Bible, Prayers, Fellowship, and Discipleship/Evangelism.
Galatians 5:16-23 ERV
So I tell you, live the way the Spirit leads you. Then you will not do the evil things your sinful self wants. The sinful self wants what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against the sinful self. They are always fighting against each other so that you don’t do what you really want to do. But if you let the Spirit lead you, you are not under the law. The wrong things the sinful self does are clear: committing sexual sin, being morally bad, doing all kinds of shameful things, worshiping false gods, taking part in witchcraft, hating people, causing trouble, being jealous, angry, or selfish, causing people to argue and divide into separate groups, being filled with envy, getting drunk, having wild parties, and doing other things like this. I warn you now as I warned you before: The people who do these things will not have a part in God’s kingdom. But the fruit that the Spirit produces in a person’s life is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these kinds of things.
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Read more: Grant Edwards / Specificity Foundations, Conversations, Discipling 2 Love Jesus. Illinois, 2019.
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