And hereby we do know that we know Him,
if we keep His commandments. He that
keepeth not His commandments, is a liar,
and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth
His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected:
hereby know we that we are in Him. He that
saith he abideth in Him ought himself
also so to walk, even as He walked.
1John 2:3-6
The question is: "Do you know Jesus Christ?" if you say that you know Jesus Christ then you are obligated to keep His commandments. Changing from the inside/out is not simply been a moral person. Any fool can be a moral person at least as much as any own creature can be a moral person and this without actually believing in Jesus Christ. We have laws that govern our nation, that is us the people, and those laws are found upon morality. To say that you are an Authentic Christian with Authentic Christian Faith and then get into your car and drive faster than the speed limit allows for you to drive then you are a criminal and are breaking the law. Where then is your Authentic Christian Faith? To speak against cultural, nominal, and liberal Christians and then go out and break the law is like the Indian saying "you speak with fork tongue."you cannot have "your cake and eat it too." Either you are a model after it our Lord Jesus Christ or you are not and to do it sometimes and then not other time means that there is a question whether or not you have actually changed from the inside/out. The bigger question is have you entered into a relationship that a true Christian, and Authentic Christian has an article rolling in your spiritual life and this by studying God's Word in order to understand why he has had recorded more as and the doctrines whether they are of true faith or not.to change from the inside/out if to change not only your behavior for that cannot be changed unless your mental outlook is change to the life of Jesus Christ so that you are living after that of Jesus. Just to have mere morality is nothing compared to the results of true Authentic Christian Faith. Morality in this world has so many various definitions due to the pitiful state of the human condition reveals to us a total misunderstanding of the end one less problem of the fallen condition of humanity.
God in all of his mercy, grace, and love sent Jesus Christ His Only Begotten son to die on the cross to solve the problem, that is the fallen condition of mankind.only Jesus Christ can atone for sin and this atonement does not come to us because we have become good. As a fallen creature, one who has fallen condition to believe that they can somehow become good enough so that God, through His Son Jesus Christ, must save you.the only thing that you can do and this only after you have come to a knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ to the truth of his word is to accept the free gift of faith that He offers and then put your belief in Him and receive adoption. You did not save yourself; God save you because he now sees you through His Son Jesus Christ. Our response to Jesus Christ is by building upon our relationship with Him and to manifest that which you have been given and that is deliverance from the power of darkness and have been translated into the kingdom of Jesus Christ (Colossians 1: 13).
The change in our character determines our behavior as one new web entered into this Union with Jesus Christ is that behavior now flows from biblical truths. it is a truths of the Bible that motivate us to serve God with joy, thankfulness and love. We are to be a people who live in eternal gratitude. Now here it is the question once again: "do you know Jesus Christ?" If you say you do know Jesus Christ then are you going to walk worthy of Jesus Christ? If so, then you are to practice and this practice is founded upon one central discipline: you are to fix your eyes upon Jesus Christ. We (all that I have written applies to me as well) are to run our race looking unto Jesus as our motivator. This is the key. Not some secret key as those who preached and is sort of theology, and no this key is easily to be bound by a reading God's Word. If the truth of God's Word has changed you from the inside/out, if your character has been renewed to become in the image of Jesus Christ then you and I will not be able to treat our faith in some superficial way as do most cultural Christians. Cultural Christians want to live their spiritual lives on their own terms. IT DOES NOT WORK!
A sane person who after learning the truth and God's Word and that attempting to live on your own terms does not work, then as a sane person, you will quit trying to live some sort a godly life on your own terms. An Authentic Christian does not have to put on display some sort of godly spirituality, nor must do these antiques that are done by those who are seeking some sort of experiential Christianity. Yes, to deny yourself this experience, some sort of euphoric emotional outburst, it is hard as it goes against our fallen nature. Well, you have something that the non-Christian does not have: you have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit so you do not have to go this alone. They should bring joy and happiness to you knowing that you have a God who is not only supply to you the free gift of faith but has also supplied to you Himself, the Holy Spirit, to guide you as you change from the inside/out.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace,
and He will deliver us out of thine hand, or king.
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king,
that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship
the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel 3:17-18
Knowing Jesus Christ and Him alone
Richard L. Crumb
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