Jesus does not judge you. churches may want to, but you need to know that the Christ of the universe does not judge you. He loves you. all he wants from you is for you to love Him back. sometimes loving Him back gets dangerous. He will uniquily show Himself to you through His word and your life. this does not mean that you have to pretend that you are the perfect follower. this will be the one thing that you will endure the most in loving Jesus: dealing with the persecution of other christians. You are in Jesus' hands. your life...everything about it...was designed to grow you closer to Him. your life was not designed for others to judge. your life was designed for you to grow close with Jesus. You are free from guilt. so do not let guilt be your motivation. know that healing in Christ is a transformation from within...changing who you are, not just how you act. there is no possible way you can pull away from Jesus once He is in you. Sin is merely "to pull away from God". This is not possible when He is in you, and you in Him. so do not try to pull away. you will fail. God has you now, and when you try to sin, He will guide you away from the scars of your past actions. transforming your every thought and mind and action from the path of destruction to the path of life. if you have accepted Jesus...there is no judgement for you, there is growth...there is hope. you are free to love Him. so do it. Love Him.
there are so many that try to do the work of Jesus themselves white-wash the church, themselves and even other followers with law. but simply changing the appearance of things is not enough. you must understand that this is false. transformation happens from the inside out. not the outside int. they are acting like judges. only Jesus owns the right to judge...the law was created for Him to conquer. why worry about keeping a record of sins when we have atonement?! Jesus conquered the law! only he owns the right to keep record of sins...because He is the only one without sin. Good News!!! He proves time and time again through the gospels that He came here not to judge you, but to give you a life that does not end. life is not meant to be fake...pretending like you are a sinless person once you start walking with Him. life is meant to be real...with a transformed heart for Him. focus on your transformation... and the actions...this sin...it will be endured. who are we kidding? we all try to sin... but He is in us now. there is no getting away from Him. life is grounded on one truth...one faith...one gospel...one law...one love...GRACE. do not fall into the misconception that GRACE is limited. no matter what you do in this life after you have accepted Him...He is with you. repent of the past and grow toward healing, transformation, community and love. it is the love of God that forgives us of all sins. it is the love of God that gives us Himself in Christ to come to be with us. though we rejected Him to death, he still rose to new life. the same is true for those who accept Him. it is the love of God that gives you a chance to be free from judgement. with this freedom you have the opportunity to be healed. don't let people get you down for judging you. they need your love more than any other. they need healing too. it is simple...those who love like God are from God ...children of truth that will live forever ...those who judge and condemn like Satan are from Satan...children of lies that will die the devil-death. Love those who say they are children of truth yet judge. they lie to themselves and are letting the lies of satan block them from loving Jesus. they need your love...forgive them for judging you, and share the blessing of knowing that we all deserve Grace the same way.
I seek to grow toward wholeness in myself. I am certainly a "broken good" of God's. But I must seek wholeness in Christ. Within me there is evil close to the scaring of my heart trying to break open my old wounds and also break open new wounds in other people. It is by Christ, accountibility and growth that I wage warfare in me. I am called to seek wholeness in myself. I combat evil within by seeking healing. Wholeness and unity begin here within myself. If my cup overflows with the wholeness and unity, then I become an agent of God's wholeness and unity to the people in my life; then so on from those people to the rest of the world. If I am an agent of this wholeness, then those who Christ touches through me act accordingly outward eventually touching the entire world. I know that in me and in such community there a well deep down inside. If that well is tapped, springs of life and tenderness flow forth. It has been revealed to each person that these waters can rise up from each one of us and flow over other people, giving life and a new hope.
Philippians 1:29 (The Message)
27-30Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Stand united, singular in vision, contending for people's trust in the Message, the good news, not flinching or dodging in the slightest before the opposition. Your courage and unity will show them what they're up against: defeat for them, victory for you—and both because of God. There's far more to this life than trusting in Christ. There's also suffering for him. And the suffering is as much a gift as the trusting. You're involved in the same kind of struggle you saw me go through, on which you are now getting an updated report in this letter.
Philippians 1:29 (The Message)
27-30Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Stand united, singular in vision, contending for people's trust in the Message, the good news, not flinching or dodging in the slightest before the opposition. Your courage and unity will show them what they're up against: defeat for them, victory for you—and both because of God. There's far more to this life than trusting in Christ. There's also suffering for him. And the suffering is as much a gift as the trusting. You're involved in the same kind of struggle you saw me go through, on which you are now getting an updated report in this letter.
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hey man, congrats on the engagement. was she sober when she said yes? haha kidding. umm, i will try to get john's phone number, i am hanging out with his oldest son sunday so i will try and remember to get it for you. peace.
hey man, shoot me an email so i can email you john's phone number. smithm3@gmail.com
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