DO NOT CONFORM
Monday, September 19th, 2011As obedient children, do not conform to the evil
desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
(I. Peter 1.14).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil
desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
(I. Peter 1.14).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
The world and its desires pass away,
but the person who does the will of God
lives forever.
(I.John 2.17).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does
the will of God lives forever.
(I. John 2.17).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires,
which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse
you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
(I. Peter 2.11 & 12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully
on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children,
do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just
as He Who calle dyou is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ” Be holy,
because I am holy.”
(I. Peter
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge
of God and of Jesus our Lord.
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and
godliness through our knowledge of Him Who called us by His
own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His
very great and precious promises, so that through them you
may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption
in the world caused by evil desires.
(II. Peter 1.2-4).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Do not love the world or anything in the world.
If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father
is not in him. For everything in the world- the
cravings of the sinful man, the lust of his eyes and
the boasting of what he has and does- comes not
from the Father but from the world. The world
and its desires pass away, but the man who does
the will of the Father lives forever.
(I. John 2.15-17).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Now to Him Who, by the power that is at work within us,
is able to carry out His purpose and do superabundantly,
far over and above all that we dare ask or think, infinitely
beyond our highest prayers, fondest desires, deepest thoughts,
greatest hopes, wildest dreams-
To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout
all generations forever and ever. Amen.
(Ephesians 3. 20 & 21).
TRANSFORMED
Therefore, if there is any consolation
in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any
fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection
and mercy,
Fulfill my joy by being like minded,
having the same love, being of one
accord, of one mind.
Let nothing be done through selfish
ambition or conceit, but in lowliness
of mind let each esteem others better
than himself.
Let each of you look out not only for
his own interests, but also for the
interests of others.
Let this mind be in you which was also
in Christ Jesus,
Who, although being essentially one
with God and in the form of God
(possessing the fullness of the attributes
which make God Who He Is), did not
think this equality with God was a thing
to be eagerly grasped or retained,
But stripped Himself of all privileges
and rightful dignity, so as to assume
the guise of a servant, in that He became
like men and was born a human being.
And after He had appeared in human form,
He abased and humbled Himself still further
and carried His obedience to the extreme
of death, even the death of of the cross!
Therefore (because He stooped so low)
God has highly exalted Him and has
freely bestowed on Him the name that is
above every name,
That at the name of Jesus every knee must
bow, in heaven and on earth and under
the earth,
And every tongue frankly and openly confess
and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
(Philippians 2.1-11).
POINTS FOR REFLECTION AND PRAYER
1) Jesus Christ is the One above every
name that every one will eventually worship.
2) Our attitude must be just like his.
The attitude of humility. He came down
to earth to serve. We should also put the
needs of our fellow humans first. This is
the transformed character God desires.
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!