December 05
DEVOTION TODAY Have you had yours?
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
By: Pastor Aaron Clark
What keeps a person from walking in "The liberty wherewith Christ hath made us
free"? The liberty to be at peace with his enemies, to be joyous, and have that
certainty that makes the world think that he must be rich? This liberty comes
from knowing God's love. More often than not, I find sincere Christians
struggling to live in that liberty because of what I call "The Cycle Of Death". This
cycle is short, but first I want to look at its opposite; The Cycle Of Life.
"The Cycle Of Life" works this way: We come to God by the blood of the Lamb
and nothing else. In His presence, we can sense His great love for us and all
mankind and our hearts are changed. When our hearts are changed, our
actions change. When our actions change we can rejoice even more in His
presence and fill up on the life that lights every man. When we are full of that
Life, we walk in that liberty and the peace that passeth all understanding. Now
let's look at the other cycle; The Cycle Of Death.
"Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"
The start of "The Cycle Of Death" is returning to a faith in works for
righteousness rather than faith in the blood of the Son of God. In so doing, I will
only feel liberty in coming to God when I'm doing exceptionally well in the flesh.
When I fail, I cannot bring myself to come to God because of my
unrighteousness. This is where the death begins.
I don't feel righteous, so I don't come to God. I don't come to God so my heart
doesn't change. My heart doesn't change so my actions don't change and my
actions are what I'm depending on for my righteousness. This is when you have
to just keep going to church, doing church stuff, looking the part, but inside
you're in the gall of bitterness. You can't figure out how to connect with God but
you have to keep acting like you're connected. You struggle to even tell anyone.
If you don't tell someone soon, you'll become that whited sepulchre. (Mat.22:27)
To come out of the cycle it only takes one thing; Blood. The Blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ will break that cycle and liberate you down to the dust on your feet.
I must warn you that nothing else can be offered with it. Nothing else will be
accepted. The Blood of Jesus is the ONLY sacrifice that will bring us into the
liberty of God's elect. All else restarts "The Cycle Of Death".
The war against our souls is to keep within the simplicity which is in Christ. "Are
ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"
(Galatians 3:3) Get righteous by the Blood and stay righteous by the Blood or
you will live among the dead in "The Cycle Of Death".
Home The Gospel Ask A Question Contact Us
free"? The liberty to be at peace with his enemies, to be joyous, and have that
certainty that makes the world think that he must be rich? This liberty comes
from knowing God's love. More often than not, I find sincere Christians
struggling to live in that liberty because of what I call "The Cycle Of Death". This
cycle is short, but first I want to look at its opposite; The Cycle Of Life.
"The Cycle Of Life" works this way: We come to God by the blood of the Lamb
and nothing else. In His presence, we can sense His great love for us and all
mankind and our hearts are changed. When our hearts are changed, our
actions change. When our actions change we can rejoice even more in His
presence and fill up on the life that lights every man. When we are full of that
Life, we walk in that liberty and the peace that passeth all understanding. Now
let's look at the other cycle; The Cycle Of Death.
"Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"
The start of "The Cycle Of Death" is returning to a faith in works for
righteousness rather than faith in the blood of the Son of God. In so doing, I will
only feel liberty in coming to God when I'm doing exceptionally well in the flesh.
When I fail, I cannot bring myself to come to God because of my
unrighteousness. This is where the death begins.
I don't feel righteous, so I don't come to God. I don't come to God so my heart
doesn't change. My heart doesn't change so my actions don't change and my
actions are what I'm depending on for my righteousness. This is when you have
to just keep going to church, doing church stuff, looking the part, but inside
you're in the gall of bitterness. You can't figure out how to connect with God but
you have to keep acting like you're connected. You struggle to even tell anyone.
If you don't tell someone soon, you'll become that whited sepulchre. (Mat.22:27)
To come out of the cycle it only takes one thing; Blood. The Blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ will break that cycle and liberate you down to the dust on your feet.
I must warn you that nothing else can be offered with it. Nothing else will be
accepted. The Blood of Jesus is the ONLY sacrifice that will bring us into the
liberty of God's elect. All else restarts "The Cycle Of Death".
The war against our souls is to keep within the simplicity which is in Christ. "Are
ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"
(Galatians 3:3) Get righteous by the Blood and stay righteous by the Blood or
you will live among the dead in "The Cycle Of Death".
Home The Gospel Ask A Question Contact Us
The Cycle Of Death