Having read through 1st and 2nd timothy over the past two days there wasn't something that specifically jumped out and hit me but just a very generally urgency from Paul. We can definatly get the idea from Paul's letters to Timothy that we are not playing at this gospel message. This is not a cute little pass time that we have all signed up to. It's not a tick box that we have achieved and can forget about. It's not something that we can achieve part time. This is not like a relationship we have with a friend of a friend we met one time and that we keep in touch with by messaging on facebook every once in a while. We are not playing some kind of game here. This is not some kind of check list we can just tick off... church on sunday... check, read bible 5 mins.... check, prayed this week 2 mins... check.
This is life or death. We are in a battle with real enemies and real stakes that requires a real power just to get through the day.
Have we got it yet?
We are destined to be in a relationship so close the best image that God gave for us to understand it is the sexual relationship of marriage. The odd message to God on his Facebook wall just doesn't quite cut it.
Have we got it yet?
We are called to give up everything... everything that ties us to our old life and continualy crucify our sins, put them to death, in repentance. That means continually... everyday, every hour... everytime! We are to crucify them and the thing about crucifiction is it's painful and its perminant. And that is the thing about repentance it is painful and perminate. We can't repent to God about our lack of patience and then find ourselves impatient the next minute... where is the perminance in that? Impossible I hear you cry... and your right. In our own strength it is... so the solution? The empowering of the Holy Spirit in our lives, everyday... everyday. This is not something we pray about once in a blue moon at those great Christian conferences, or worship events. We need this power everyday... everyday!
Have we got it yet?
We can't play at Christianity... so when will we stop trying?
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