Faith follows Regeneration. There are no deeds of man that can spark or quicken new life in Christ. Colossians 2:13 (KJV) And you, being dead in your sin (When you were dead in your transgressions -NASB) and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses.
Repeat this often through the day, faith follows regeneration. Memorize it; worship God with it!
Master the phrase "by grace am I saved". Magnify the great God of your salvation! When I was dead in sin and trespasses God rich in mercy saved me.
Know this. The only way you can say this is God has quickened you to say it. It is not the result of regeneration; conversion, repentance, obedience but the cause of regeneration we need to focus on. The cooperative effort of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in securing your eternal salvation is the prime cause of your new life.
Now that you are regenerated you bear a heavy responsibility to follow Christ in obedience. Once you were dead now you are alive. Once you had no will now you have freed will. You are not left alone with this precious gift of freedom, you have the presence of the Holy Spirit to assist all along the way.
If you are beginning this new life in Christ, share your excitement with me @ ldpage@bellsouth.net
About Me
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- New Years eve 2005 God healed my personality and released me to be the kind of person he wants me to be. This was not a born-again experience because I had become a Christian at age 10 and was baptized in water, trinitarian, as an outward sign of an inward work of grace. During forty seven years I had stumbled through Church experiences seeing the humiliation that God himself endures because of the faulty theological views of Christ's atonement. God is mocked from the pulpit. Preachers have the audacity to obligate God to be a God of love. They rule by their own self-determination. Their behavior reflects their arrogant self-centered theology. While He is a God of incomprehendible love, He is also a God of wrath far greater than the human mind can understand. God is mocking American fundamentalism and it's lukewarm gospel. He is spewing it out of his mouth.
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2 comments:
Praise God for His grace in our lives.
Thanks for dropping by! God's blessing to you.
Charles
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