"Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ." (Colossians 2:8)
Anything, "not according to Christ," whether worship, prayer, preaching, missions, any good works, or whatever, is absolutely fruitless. It is vain, "philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men,..the basic principles of the world...." Some may say this is too radical for today's world, but I say that today's world is not my authority; my authority is Jesus Christ, revealed in the, "God-Breathed," Word, indwelling each Believer in the Holy Spirit, the One Whom Father alone honors and glorifies. Anything, absolutely anything in which mankind is involved which is, "not according to Christ," will not stand. The Bible reveals the life of the person who is, "....according to Christ." Such a person, "....is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock."
Such a life is only "radical" to a person who does not know Jesus Christ and, "the Words of God." To us who daily surrender our lives to Jesus, whose lives are built on the Rock, Jesus Christ and, "every word that proceeds from the mouth of God," this is quite "normal" living.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I really ask that today everything I think, say and do is, "according to Christ." Amen.
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Unreached People Group: www.apfunreachedpeoples.blogspot.com
News, Commentary: www.apf327.blogspot.com
Anything, "not according to Christ," whether worship, prayer, preaching, missions, any good works, or whatever, is absolutely fruitless. It is vain, "philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men,..the basic principles of the world...." Some may say this is too radical for today's world, but I say that today's world is not my authority; my authority is Jesus Christ, revealed in the, "God-Breathed," Word, indwelling each Believer in the Holy Spirit, the One Whom Father alone honors and glorifies. Anything, absolutely anything in which mankind is involved which is, "not according to Christ," will not stand. The Bible reveals the life of the person who is, "....according to Christ." Such a person, "....is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock."
Such a life is only "radical" to a person who does not know Jesus Christ and, "the Words of God." To us who daily surrender our lives to Jesus, whose lives are built on the Rock, Jesus Christ and, "every word that proceeds from the mouth of God," this is quite "normal" living.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I really ask that today everything I think, say and do is, "according to Christ." Amen.
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Unreached People Group: www.apfunreachedpeoples.blogspot.com
News, Commentary: www.apf327.blogspot.com
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
