LET’S MAKE GOOD FRIDAY GOOD! ( Romans 8).
As Christians, What do we usually do on Good Friday?
We go to Church, sit through a 3 hour service, religiously trying to feel sad for the sufferings of Christ 2000+ years ago! We listen to long sermons ( our minds may be far away!) and we may even spend the day in fasting and prayer and retire to bed feeling good about ourselves!
BUT IS THIS WHAT JESUS REALLY WANTS FROM US?
God says, “ Obedience is better than Sacrifice!”
( 1 Samuel 15:22).
Do we really obey Him?
What must we do to truly obey Him?
WHAT WILL MAKE ALL HIS SUFFERINGS ON OUR BEHALF WORTH HIS WHILE?
We must avail of the full benefits of His sufferings, death and resurrection by achieving complete deliverance and by possessing our inheritance in Him!
For this we must submit to Holy Spirit wholeheartedly, for the lifelong process of sanctification.
IS BEING “ BORN AGAIN “ the be-all and the end-all? Are we all set to go to heaven after this one-off experience?
This is actually a lie from the pit of hell to derail naive Christians from going to heaven!
Friends, His Sacrifice on the Cross has LEGALLY transferred us from the the devil’s kingdom of darkness to Jesus’ Kingdom of Light!
This is “ STREAM ENTRY” or the beginning of the process of sanctification!
Jesus wants us to EXPERIENCE the benefits of His Passion on a daily basis!
THE DIVINE EXCHANGE!
He wants to exchange our sin for His righteousness;
Our poverty for His plenty;
Our brokenness for His wholeness;
Our diseases for His healing;
Our chaos for Hus divine order;
Our foolishness for His wisdom,;
Our death for His eternal, abundant Life;
Our fallen humanity for His glorious divinity!
THE HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS:
We must enter the nearer Presence of God in the secret place and lay bare our hearts before Him!
We must allow Him to burn the chaff in us with Holy Spirit fire!🔥
We must allow Him, by His Word, to remove our worldly mindsets and rewire our brains with a spiritual mindset!
Then we can walk in the spirit and not fulfil the desires of the flesh! ( Galatians 5:16).
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Romans 8:14).
And let those who walk according to the flesh not deceive themselves that they will be accepted in heaven!
Matthew 7 : 21
" Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
May the Holy Spirit convict us in His mercy, so that we may not suffer rejection on that day!
SHALOM!