Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Have you met God the Spirit

I know this question sounds foolish, especially for a believer but the question still stands. In today's man centered world sometimes the Gospel is watered down so much that just a few words repeated is all it takes for someone to "receive Jesus". I want to make it clear that I fully understand that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and not of ourselves. That God has to call a person to Himself or that person will never know Him. This being made clear, I'm afraid that to often the "conversion" spoken of above falls so very short of the truth. Where is repentance? where is a broken heart because of sin? where is a life regenerated by the Spirit of God? To often we reason the proof away by saying that only God can know a man's heart. I agree that only God can truly know a man's heart, but the Bible is also clear that by a man's fruits he will be known. You see, I believe with all my heart that when the God of this universe comes to indwell a person, THERE WILL BE A ETERNAL DIFFERENCE. I understand there will be times when we fall into sin, I understand times of difficulty and wandering from God. But in those times the conviction will be so great that we cannot remain there. I praise God for His grace, you and I could never walk in Him apart form His grace.

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