Here is another very good lesson from today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers:
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. — Galatians 5:1
A spiritually minded man will never come to you with the demand — “Believe this and that”; but with the demand that you square your life with the standards of Jesus. We are not asked to believe the Bible, but to believe the One Whom the Bible reveals (cf. John 5:39-40). We are called to present liberty of conscience, not liberty of view. If we are free with the liberty of Christ, others will be brought into that same liberty — the liberty of realizing the dominance of Jesus Christ.
Always keep your life measured by the standards of Jesus. Bow your neck to His yoke alone, and to no other yoke whatever; and be careful to see that you never bind a yoke on others that is not placed by Jesus Christ. It takes God a long time to get us out of the way of thinking that unless everyone sees as we do, they must be wrong. That is never God’s view. There is only one liberty, the liberty of Jesus at work in our conscience enabling us to do what is right.
Don’t get impatient, remember how God dealt with you — with patience and with gentleness; but never water down the truth of God. Let it have its way and never apologize for it. Jesus said, “Go…and make disciples” (rv ) not — make converts to your opinions.
AMEN! Our Pastor at The Spoken Word Church, Bill Novak, has taught since the early days of the church that we can NEVER take what we hear him say and put it into practice without checking for ourselves in the Word of God to settle that it is so! Like the Bereans (Acts 17:11)! We cannot develop faith from the Word that we have heard someone else say. We MUST find out what the Word of God says for ourselves and THEN we can have faith to see it through (Romans 10:17)by continually hearing the TRUTH! Get the Word on it and you are set up fort VICTORY! Amen! Here is Hillsong United with "Captain":Shalom in Him!
