WILL THE REAL CHRISTIAN PLEASE STEP FORWARD – Part Seven
(final segment)
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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Mid Term Exam
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2Cor
13:5 (NAS) Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine
yourselves!...
· Now then; let us reflect on these
"tests" and give ourselves an honest self-rating of "Christ in
Us" in these five areas.
1.
Gospel Belief and Confession:
Do you believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Have you held fast to sound doctrine
against the many false prophets offering a different gospel?
2.
Born Again / Spirit of Adoption / The Lord's
Correction: Are you born from above? Do you have that
ongoing "Abba, Father!" instinct within, that inner knowing of
your relationship with Him? Is God treating you as His child when you fall into
sin?
3.
Repentance / Freedom from Sin:
Have you resolutely turned away from sin? Do you habitually sin, or can you
praise God in spirit and truth that He has truly "set you free
indeed?"
4.
Good Works by God's Grace:
Have you been given a grace-gift of ministry to serve others with? Is your life
living proof of Christ in you, or have you only "mere words" and
self-delusion to cling to?
5.
The Fruit of the Spirit:
Are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness
and self-control manifesting and growing in your life? Are you producing fruit
in keeping with repentance?
· As we go through the various seasons of life
we might well find ourselves deficient in one or more of these tests. Seeing
the whole of them can illuminate where we have stumbled, and encourage us to
deal honestly and urgently with any problem areas.
Col
1:27-29 (NIV) ...God has chosen to make known... the glorious riches of this
mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. We proclaim him,
admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present
everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his
energy...
Gal
4:19 (TEB) My dear children! Once again, just like a mother in childbirth, I
feel the same kind of pain for you until Christs' nature is formed in you.
1John
5:12-13 (NIV) He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God
does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the
Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
2Pet
1:10-12 (Phi) Set your minds, then, on endorsing by your conduct the fact that
God has called and chosen you. If you go along these lines there is no reason
why you should stumble. Indeed, if you live this sort of life a rich welcome
awaits you as you enter the eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus
Christ. Therefore I shall not fail to remind you again and again of things like
this, although you already know them...
Eph
3:16-21 (Phi) I pray that out of the glorious richness of his resources he will
enable you to know the strength of the Spirit's inner re-enforcement--that
Christ may actually live in your hearts by your faith. And I pray that you,
rooted and founded in love yourselves, may be able to grasp (with all
Christians) how wide and long and deep and high is the love of Christ--and to
know for yourselves that love so far above our understanding. So will you be
filled through all your being with God himself! Now to him who by his power
within us is able to do infinitely more than we dare to ask or imagine--to him
be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever, amen!
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