This is so important to understand when we call ourselves Christians. We are not Christian just because we go to church or just because our parents went to church. We cannot go or do anything just because it should be done. We are called to be different and our hearts should be open to learn and grow taking on the qualities of Christ. We are Christians because we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and we die to self and seek to live for the Father. What it says in verse 29 is key, “…it is a change of heart produced by God’s Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.” Are we seeking all our choices and how we are living our lives by God’s standard? Do we let the Spirit control what we do and how we grow? Or is our life ours and we do the topical things we know Christians should do but our heart is the same as always. I challenge us all to step out of the driver’s seat and let our heart truly follow the Spirit living Christ-like and not just saying we are Christians. Amen
Romans 2:28-29 “For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by God’s Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.”
This is so important to understand when we call ourselves Christians. We are not Christian just because we go to church or just because our parents went to church. We cannot go or do anything just because it should be done. We are called to be different and our hearts should be open to learn and grow taking on the qualities of Christ. We are Christians because we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and we die to self and seek to live for the Father. What it says in verse 29 is key, “…it is a change of heart produced by God’s Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.” Are we seeking all our choices and how we are living our lives by God’s standard? Do we let the Spirit control what we do and how we grow? Or is our life ours and we do the topical things we know Christians should do but our heart is the same as always. I challenge us all to step out of the driver’s seat and let our heart truly follow the Spirit living Christ-like and not just saying we are Christians. Amen
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1/12/2012 03:18:57 am
"We are Christians because we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and we die to self and seek to live for the Father." - Well said and Worth Saying! - REFLECTS the Death in Romans 6
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