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>Born that way!

August 25, 2010 by Fritz

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Every parent wants their child to be born with all body parts; we look for fingers and toes, eyes and nose. There are other body parts we are born with that are not so immediately visible.

“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:” – Colossians 3:5

“Members”, literally means “body parts”. It’s the same word Jesus used in his controversial illustration of cutting off hands, eyes, and feet.

“… it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.” – Matthew 5:29b

I was born with some, you were born with others – “sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy”1 – These are the body parts, “members”, the Bible says to remove so we can serve God in and with our bodies throughout eternity.

– fritz

1 – Colossians 3:5b The Message Bible

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Faith "of" Christ not just "in" Christ

August 24, 2010 by Fritz

“[W]e have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ” – Galatians 2:16b 

More than just having faith in Jesus Christ, we must have the faith of Jesus Christ; that is, we are to believe what Jesus, himself, believed.

It is a slippery slope to think of Christ, the Bible, or the apostles as being products of their environment’s world view, currently regarded as uninformed and scientifically ignorant.

Jesus’ abilities and approach to world renewal far surpasses anything modern “science” has been able to duplicate. What hospital can cure blindness, leprosy, or palsy with a touch? What psychiatrist can take hardened lunatics and turn them into wise counselors? What ethics class can take dishonest businessmen and turn them into upstanding citizens?

Early will a wise christian learn what Jesus, himself, believed and accept it as his/her own beliefs.

– fritz

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Time with God now

August 23, 2010 by Fritz

“Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD … Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide …” (Genesis 19:27, 24:63a)

Men and women of God, from Abraham and Isaac through the centuries to today take time to get alone with God.

Abraham’s time was in the mornings at a scenic overlook; Isaac’s in the evenings in the fields. It’s not what time or where that is important but the consistency and privacy.

Suzanna Wesley, unable to leave the house because of responsibilities for her 19 children (John and Charles being two of them), sat in a chair with her apron over her head – all because there must be time alone with God for every believer.

Jesus said to go to the closet to pray in secret.1 Your closet may have four wheels and your time may be on the way to work, but take time every day to get alone with God.

– fritz

1 – Matthew 6:6

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