Many people who call themselves christians live today like the world they are suppose to be saved from. Jesus said; however, in Matthew 6:24, "No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other." One of the greatest problems we are seeing in churches today is a lack of real dedication and commitment to christian living. Paul says in Romans 6:16, "Know you not that to whom you yield yourself servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey whether sin unto death or obedience unto rightousness." Most conversations that you hear between so called christians is about everything except Christ. There are ways whereby we can know that we belong to Jesus Christ. The first is Paul said wer are bought with a price in 1 Cor. 6:20, "For you are bought with a price; therefore, glory God in your body and in your spirit." We can say assuredly as Paul said "I am a debtor." When we realize that his precious blood purchased our salvation and when we put our faith and trust in him, we realize that we are indeed indebted to him. Then we need to live everyday in such a way that others will see Christ in us.
The next thing we need to realize is that we are a new creature (creation), "Old things are passed away and behold all things have become new." 1 Cor. 5:17. This means that all things are new and we should live in newness and fullness of life that has been given us because we belong to him.
So in closing this short message, I have to ask you if you have been made new? Have you accepted the price that was paid for your sins? Have you put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? If you have not done that I invite you to do so today. Thank you and May God Bless You. | 