Kidron
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Ideally, we should all be deep students of the word and extreme soul winners who have a deep concern about serving God daily with our lives and not just with our text.
"be ye doers of the word and not just sedentary forum writers regarding what you need to be doing for God":....
"fruit of the spirit" that we are to manifest, is obviously completely misunderstood by most believers IF we think we are to find "christian works" to do and we do them.
"omg, its my Sunday to watch the nursery".
"omg, its my Thursday to cut the grass in front of the Church.
"omg, its the weekend we have to go and hand out tracks".
"omg, i told them im off this weekend and they want me to paint the music room"
"why am i in seminary?...because my dad was a Pastor and i grew up in the church and mama wont be happy if .....".
>>>>> ALL This is the FLESH, ...... !<<<<<<
Any "light bearing" devil can do that stuff, and they do it Sunday - Sunday.
This is living in poverty, as a vow, while washing dirty people in India for 57 yrs.
This is a pair of males, donned in white and black, parking their bikes in a subdivision every day of a hot summer season and wearing the skin off their knuckles beating on doors trying to shove "the book of mormon" down your throat.
So, all THAT is "doing good works" and "bearing fruit"....if you asked them.
But is it?
No, its not.
Not at all.
"fruit bearing".... in the life of a born again believer, is Christ himself being manifested through us.
To "bear" the fruit...is sort of like a vase holding a bouquet of flowers...
The flowers are the FRUIT, and the vase is the vessel. (the vessel is not the fruit).
You are the vessel, who HOLDS the Rose of Sharon inside you.
You are not the fruit, you just are the bearer of the fruit, as Jesus HIMSELF is the spiritual fruit that works HIS good works through YOU = the vessel = the vase.
See it?
That is the REAL FRUIT that God is looking for, in our lives.
Its Him doing it THROUGH US.....and not us doing good works and claiming it's His fruit.
"bearing fruit" is not what WE feel is what we need to be doing doing doing doing...
See, The only thing we need to be doing, is "presenting our bodies a living sacrifice".
Try that..... Do that every day, every minute, consistently.... and the "fruit bearing" takes care of itself.
Other then that, with regards to doing the good works that James speaks about... These are the manifestation of the living Christ who is living out HIS deeds THROUGH us...while we make way for His righteous works by getting out of His way.
Ideally, we should all be deep students of the word and extreme soul winners who have a deep concern about serving God daily with our lives and not just with our text.
"be ye doers of the word and not just sedentary forum writers regarding what you need to be doing for God":....
"fruit of the spirit" that we are to manifest, is obviously completely misunderstood by most believers IF we think we are to find "christian works" to do and we do them.
"omg, its my Sunday to watch the nursery".
"omg, its my Thursday to cut the grass in front of the Church.
"omg, its the weekend we have to go and hand out tracks".
"omg, i told them im off this weekend and they want me to paint the music room"
"why am i in seminary?...because my dad was a Pastor and i grew up in the church and mama wont be happy if .....".
>>>>> ALL This is the FLESH, ...... !<<<<<<
Any "light bearing" devil can do that stuff, and they do it Sunday - Sunday.
This is living in poverty, as a vow, while washing dirty people in India for 57 yrs.
This is a pair of males, donned in white and black, parking their bikes in a subdivision every day of a hot summer season and wearing the skin off their knuckles beating on doors trying to shove "the book of mormon" down your throat.
So, all THAT is "doing good works" and "bearing fruit"....if you asked them.
But is it?
No, its not.
Not at all.
"fruit bearing".... in the life of a born again believer, is Christ himself being manifested through us.
To "bear" the fruit...is sort of like a vase holding a bouquet of flowers...
The flowers are the FRUIT, and the vase is the vessel. (the vessel is not the fruit).
You are the vessel, who HOLDS the Rose of Sharon inside you.
You are not the fruit, you just are the bearer of the fruit, as Jesus HIMSELF is the spiritual fruit that works HIS good works through YOU = the vessel = the vase.
See it?
That is the REAL FRUIT that God is looking for, in our lives.
Its Him doing it THROUGH US.....and not us doing good works and claiming it's His fruit.
"bearing fruit" is not what WE feel is what we need to be doing doing doing doing...
See, The only thing we need to be doing, is "presenting our bodies a living sacrifice".
Try that..... Do that every day, every minute, consistently.... and the "fruit bearing" takes care of itself.
Other then that, with regards to doing the good works that James speaks about... These are the manifestation of the living Christ who is living out HIS deeds THROUGH us...while we make way for His righteous works by getting out of His way.
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