Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Hear, Do, and Live. Hear, Do Not Do, and Die.


Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying…

Mat 7:24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Mat 7:25  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Mat 7:26  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Mat 7:27  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.


Whoever HEARS.
Whoever DOES.

Christianity is NOT an inactive religion, it's an entire WAY OF LIFE for those who truly believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior.  Salvation does NOT begin when we are translated to heaven upon His return or raised from the grave to meet Christ in the air when He returns for His saints. Salvation begins LONG before that moment of transformation from mortal to immortal. Salvation has to be our way of LIVING, not a mere few moments out of our lives.

Jesus says-  whoever HEARS and whoever DOES.

Whoever hears all that HE has been teaching, all the things we've been studying for approximately the last 48 days. Whoever hears and then DOES all those things He's teaching HE will liken that person to a WISE MAN.  The wise man who built his house upon a rock and when the rain fell and the floods came and the wind blew and the house was beat up by all that- it DIDN'T FALL, and it didn't fall because it was built upon a ROCK- a solid foundation.

Jesus also says- whoever hears and DOESN'T do all those things He's taught He will liken to a FOOLISH man, who built his house upon the sand. The same rain comes, the same floods, the same winds blow and beat upon that house and it did NOT stand, it FEEL and GREAT was the FALL of that house. 

When we lose salvation there is NO greater fall in existence.

So why anyone can ever imagine that our Savior taught that being His meant merely uttering a few words asking for forgiveness and a bit of repenting and nothing more, is beyond me.

Our Savior gave us a lot of instructions on the life we are to lead and He even told us that we are FOOLISH if we do not do what He tells us. We are foolish and we will NOT be saved, He will NOT know us.

Is it any wonder that we should be studying these WORDS of Christ's over and over and over again?! Is it any wonder that we should be making these words of Christ's a part of our LIVES?

We have to LIVE Christianity, we have to LIVE the life CHRIST would have us live through HIM and HIS power by the Holy Spirit!

Being a Christ follower should be FIRST in our lives and everything else secondary to Christ! EVERYTHING ELSE!

We cannot say we can't comprehend Jesus when He speaks so plainly to us- you are wise if you hear and do what He says, you are foolish if you hear and do not do what He says.

Salvation is through CHRIST and CHRIST alone. We must hear and do what He says if we hope to be WISE unto salvation. If we hope to live in this sick, sick world being attacked endlessly by spirits that want us to deny Christ and all the power that is found in CHRIST, if we hope to live this way buffeted, beaten, facing spiritual storm after storm and stand firm through it all, we HAVE to DO what our Savior says, not just hear, but listen and DO what He tells us to do. We will live in this spiritual stormy life no matter what, the only thing we determine is whether or not we will be living in Christ when the storm passes, or if we will succumb to the evil world and be no more, totally destroyed, when the storms are over.

Please Lord let us be ALIVE in YOU NOW, and ALWAYS!


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