“And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma”
Ephesians 5: 2
We read in Luke 9: 23 , “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me”.
The cross is a place where every bit of self is put to death. Jesus Christ is Lord. He is our savior. Now He who could heal, raise people from the dead, call things into existence , He could have done anything. But yet He chose to be crucified for us , to redeem us, to seal our identity in Him , to set us free.
II Corinthians 5: 21, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” He redeemed us from the curse of the law.
We are now called to walk in love , to follow Him, to be imitators of Him. If we are to this , we need that every bit of self be crucified. Its not about things of this world, its about things of Him and His word. Its about walking in the Spirit and not in the flesh. Its about being renewed in both spirit and mind.
As we walk in the realization of the freedom we now have in Him, as we walk in the realization of His incomprehensible love, as we walk as sons/daughters of the most High, as we walk knowing He has conquered it all , will we also walk saying “Lord may You increase and I decrease” ? Will we choose to lay it all down and say “Its not about me” ? Will we walk in the realization that as citizens of heavens our priorities and focus is different ? Will we walk a life where we truly follow Him ?
“Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me”
Ephesians 5 : 1-2 . “ Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma”
God Bless
Ephesians 5: 2
We read in Luke 9: 23 , “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me”.
The cross is a place where every bit of self is put to death. Jesus Christ is Lord. He is our savior. Now He who could heal, raise people from the dead, call things into existence , He could have done anything. But yet He chose to be crucified for us , to redeem us, to seal our identity in Him , to set us free.
II Corinthians 5: 21, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” He redeemed us from the curse of the law.
We are now called to walk in love , to follow Him, to be imitators of Him. If we are to this , we need that every bit of self be crucified. Its not about things of this world, its about things of Him and His word. Its about walking in the Spirit and not in the flesh. Its about being renewed in both spirit and mind.
As we walk in the realization of the freedom we now have in Him, as we walk in the realization of His incomprehensible love, as we walk as sons/daughters of the most High, as we walk knowing He has conquered it all , will we also walk saying “Lord may You increase and I decrease” ? Will we choose to lay it all down and say “Its not about me” ? Will we walk in the realization that as citizens of heavens our priorities and focus is different ? Will we walk a life where we truly follow Him ?
“Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me”
Ephesians 5 : 1-2 . “ Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma”
God Bless
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