Reflecting on the issue on why must I be in church? It can only be us, our relationship and attitude toward God, toward His Word and how deep is our love for Him. Is there a lesson to learn here, yes...yes..yes! A time of testing, definitely yes and without doubt.Then testing of what? Testing our spiritual experience against the timeless standard of God's Word, I believe. This is another exam we cannot effort to miss, the test to help us distinguish between false spirit holding onto to us, the evil spirit around us and God 's Spirit. "Dear friend, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God." (1 John 4:1)
"The seeker after God's best is always eager to hear from anyone who offers a way by which he can obtain it." Yes how we long for some new experience, some elevated view of truth, some operation of the Spirit that will raise us above the religious mediocrity we see all around us. So we make excuses and seek it everywhere except in Him and with Him. Our Lord has made it plain not only that there shall be false "spirits" abroad, endangering our Christian lives, but that they may be identified and known for what they are!
The first test must be: "What has this done to my relationship with and my attitude toward the Lord Jesus Christ? Do I love God more? Is Jesus Christ still to me the centre of all true doctrine?
Again: "How does it affect my attitude toward the Scriptures? Did this new view of truth spring from the Word of God itself or was it the result of some stimulus that lay outside the Bible? Be assured that anything that comes to us from the God of the Word will deepen our love for the Word of God!"
O my prayer for those out there who asking the question"Why church?" is "Father, now is a good time to test ourselves and see if we are growing in our walk with YOU. May we find a deeper love for YOU, Father: Amen."
"The seeker after God's best is always eager to hear from anyone who offers a way by which he can obtain it." Yes how we long for some new experience, some elevated view of truth, some operation of the Spirit that will raise us above the religious mediocrity we see all around us. So we make excuses and seek it everywhere except in Him and with Him. Our Lord has made it plain not only that there shall be false "spirits" abroad, endangering our Christian lives, but that they may be identified and known for what they are!
The first test must be: "What has this done to my relationship with and my attitude toward the Lord Jesus Christ? Do I love God more? Is Jesus Christ still to me the centre of all true doctrine?
Again: "How does it affect my attitude toward the Scriptures? Did this new view of truth spring from the Word of God itself or was it the result of some stimulus that lay outside the Bible? Be assured that anything that comes to us from the God of the Word will deepen our love for the Word of God!"
O my prayer for those out there who asking the question"Why church?" is "Father, now is a good time to test ourselves and see if we are growing in our walk with YOU. May we find a deeper love for YOU, Father: Amen."
2 comments:
AH ha!
Seems to depend on which computer i'm on as to whether i can comment!
Every blessing to you today
In Jesus
Maria in the UK
www.inhishands.co.uk
Thanks finally you can get through.
Joy and blessing
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