Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while
is the light with you. Walk while ye have
the light, lest darkness come upon you:
for he that walketh in darkness knoweth
not whither he goeth. While ye have light,
believe in the light, that ye my be the
children of light. These things spake Jesus,
and departed, and did hide Himself from them.
John 12:35-36
Truth is never an easy thing to grasp and is often hidden by means of excuses rather than reason why a person does not follow truth. The current state of Christianity does have much darkness because they have wandered far from the truth. The good news is that there are many churches and Christians within those churches who hold fast to the truth. A person that has become succumbed by darkness and has come to believe that darkness to be light seeks to prove that what they believe is truth; therefore they look for truth a truth that matches their desires. What they called truth is in fact a lie. Truth is truth and cannot be watered down for if that does happen then truth is nothing more than a lie.
A primary purpose of true Christianity, Authentic Christianity, is to root out natural selfishness and all that comes with selfishness, that which makes our obligations as askew and causes a person to demean their obligation to other human beings. Benevolence is that which is a direct result of Authentic Christianity and a cause for the result of a lifestyle of moderation in pursuit of pleasure, and affluence, and causes a person to have a degree of indifference to the things of culture, furthermore, it aids than to decide what is important, to be diligent in their performance personal and civil responsibilities, to have a commitment to doing the will of God, to be patient, to be trusting to have that attitude toward the providence of God, for it's easy to wander astray if we do not wait upon the Lord and if we don't the results can be unpredictable and often discouraging.
People often speak about walking with God yet there is no thrill in walking. We say the word walked or walking and of course we think of the physical activity of walking from one place to another but the word has a greater definition and not just locomotion. It can mean to conduct one's life in a particular manner, to examine, to measure, a characteristic manner of walking. The word "walk" as used in the Bible is used which express the character, so John speaks of walking and the Bible does not make anything abstract in the Bible, toys vivid and it is always real. God did not say, these spiritual, but "walk before Me." The culture of this world will cause a person to be in an unhealthy state and often it is a unhealthy physical state or an emotional state is unhealthy and when this occurs are naturalness desires thrills. This can be seen by many people rushing to church services that offer euphoric thrills. Beyond Portugal part of this is that this will lead to counterfeiting the Holy Spirit; and the emotional life it leads to an ordinance affection and the destruction of morality and in this virtual domain if we insist on thrills, to be noun upon me, you will end up in destroying a person' spirituality.
when a person is seeking God in all the wrong places, looking for some sort of rail to give them some sort of meaning from their life than the reality of God's presence is askew. The reality of God's presence is not dependent upon beating any certain place, but only dependent upon the determination for a person to set the award always be for themselves. Here is where a problem arises and that problem is we refuse to allow the reality of the presence of God and to thank our lives on His presence. This culture that has infected the church, not just the world, but church, is that God is not Real, He is an ideal and the very presence of God is not in a person's consciousness. The hard thing for us to understand as a human being is that God has no end, God is not in some sort of boundary, and that He is everywhere present. I'm not speaking of Pantheism, no, God is not in sight of some physical object. God resides outside of any physical object except for one thing that if you become a believer in Jesus Christ and have repented of your sins, and made a change from the inside out to follow him, then God imparts to that believer the Holy Spirit who it will become your comforter and guide. the Holy Spirit aids a person to walk, that is to develop what walk means in this case, to be a manner of character, in other words, in critical moments you may be necessary to ask him for guidance, but it ought to be unnecessary to be sane always "O Lord, direct me here, and there." Of course God will! Here is a very important point: if our commonsense decisions are not of his order, and if you are determined to be an Authentic Christian then God will help you through them and even check you if you will allow him so that you do not let that which might bring harm to you or to others. This being so then they must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.
If there's going to be a change in the current state of affairs of Christianity from the floor will state that can be found in Christianity then that change begins with each and every one of us. We are to check ourselves to see that we are walking according to his will and that means to change our character from the inside/out. There is so much good being done within Christianity has been overshadowed by the bad that is also in Christianity. We need a revival, that means, to revive that which is dead and return to Authentic Christianity. We need to consider our faith.
But they that wait upon the LORD
shall renew their strength: they
shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 49:31
Walk as did Jesus
Richard L. Crumb
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