Embrace the guidance of God’s wisdom to lead a purposeful and fulfilling life.
Think about what God says are the results, from one or the Other. It’s clearly revealed in the verses. We must find it, and Choose wisely. Just remember, True Wisdom, can Only come from God.
God sees us as perfect, because of Jesus, not because of our failures or successes. The apostle Paul says “we are forgetting what lies behind, but looking ahead! I press on toward the goal for the prize, of the upward call of God, in Christ Jesus”, Phil 3:13b and 14. (My life verse is Phil 3:14.)
Source: Doctrines of grace
A REVIEW OF 1 JOHN’S TESTS
Tests of Salvation
Tests & Characteristics of Antichrists
Tests & Characteristics of Genuine Christians
Tests of a Believers Hope (The return of Christ)
Tests Why Christians Can’t Practice Sin
Tests For Behaviors Of The Devil’s Children
Tests of a True Teacher
“For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God. Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you. I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations. Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations. I am not doing this for your sake,” declares the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!” ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. They will say, ‘This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’ Then the nations that are left round about you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate; I, the Lord, have spoken and will do it.” ‘Thus says the Lord God, “This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock. Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’ ””
Ezekiel 36:24-38 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.36.24-38.NASB1995
Amen
How are we similar to John the Baptist, as Followers of Jesus
John was that voice crying in the wilderness preparing the way for the coming Messiah
“A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.”
Isaiah 40:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.3.NASB1995
We are in the wilderness of a thirsty and dry land, desiring something more than man’s wisdom, yet lacking any Hope. We as believers, are here to prepare the way, for the one who has now come, and gives hope. His name is Jesus. The hope is “Good News” to the one who believes in Faith.
“Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’ ””
Matthew 3:1-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.3.1-2.NASB1995
“As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way; The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight.’ ””
Mark 1:2-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.1.2-3.NASB1995
Matt 3:3 ; Mark 1:2-3 ; Luke 3:3-6
We are a voice, crying out to a lost and dying world that there is hope, both now and for an eternal future, to ALL who believe, JUST AS YOU ARE, not by anything we can do but accept his word, but by everything that HE DID FOR US.
May we be like John the Baptist, that many will be pointed to Jesus, by both our WORDS and our DEEDS.
