No. Christians are not waiting. The Kingdom of God is already come. It is. And we are already in it. We are not waiting for the next life just so we can have our share of the good life. Religion has brought those shackles to our thinking. Religion has made us believe that it is alright to suffer because of the hope of a good life after this one. That is very wrong. God has already empowered us! The life that God wants for us is already within our grasps. And people miss it because of ignorance.
God has given Man power over this physical world. We have power to do a lot of things and Man has come a long way so much so that we are now able to change the color of our skin. But more than that, God has empowered us in the Spiritual realm as well! And so yes, we can save a person through a heart by-pass operation; but more than that, we can heal the person even without physical intervention: through the faith of the operation of God! And we can take advantage of it not only at the point of death, but more importantly at every single moment of our time here on earth.
Think about this: Man was cursed since the time of Adam. That was our condition before we got born again. But now, we are blessed with all spiritual blessings! The curse has been lifted up. Think about it. Before you were born again, finding a job was almost impossible. But now that the blessing is upon your life, do you still believe that finding a job would be hard? Think about it. Now that you are born of God, do you think starting out a business would be risky enough? I mean just think about it. Now that you are in Christ, do you think life would still be hard?
God has empowered us! To continue on with the works of Christ! Now, continuing the works of Christ doesn't mean that we have to be poor. Well no one is stopping you if you want it that way. You can be poor if you want. But Scripture says that He was made poor so that we may become rich! And God is not poor, God our Father is rich! Why would He want His children to be poor? It just doesn't make sense.
But it is religion that tells us being poor is good that if we just have enough of it, and enough suffering as well, we are sure of our way into heaven. That just doesn't coincide with the Scriptures. Lazarus was not in heaven because he was poor. The rich man was not in hell because he was rich. But what did father Abraham tell to the rich man? He said, "They have the Law and the Prophets. Let them hear them." The Law and the Prophets sums up in Jesus Christ. This generation will not go to hell because of sin even. But because they rejected the gospel of Christ.
God has empowered us. We've got what it takes to really glorify God in our lives. So let us do that one thing needed. Let us learn more about Him and receive instruction from His Holy written Word. And let us closely pay attention to Him that we may learn to do them.
God has given Man power over this physical world. We have power to do a lot of things and Man has come a long way so much so that we are now able to change the color of our skin. But more than that, God has empowered us in the Spiritual realm as well! And so yes, we can save a person through a heart by-pass operation; but more than that, we can heal the person even without physical intervention: through the faith of the operation of God! And we can take advantage of it not only at the point of death, but more importantly at every single moment of our time here on earth.
Think about this: Man was cursed since the time of Adam. That was our condition before we got born again. But now, we are blessed with all spiritual blessings! The curse has been lifted up. Think about it. Before you were born again, finding a job was almost impossible. But now that the blessing is upon your life, do you still believe that finding a job would be hard? Think about it. Now that you are born of God, do you think starting out a business would be risky enough? I mean just think about it. Now that you are in Christ, do you think life would still be hard?
God has empowered us! To continue on with the works of Christ! Now, continuing the works of Christ doesn't mean that we have to be poor. Well no one is stopping you if you want it that way. You can be poor if you want. But Scripture says that He was made poor so that we may become rich! And God is not poor, God our Father is rich! Why would He want His children to be poor? It just doesn't make sense.
But it is religion that tells us being poor is good that if we just have enough of it, and enough suffering as well, we are sure of our way into heaven. That just doesn't coincide with the Scriptures. Lazarus was not in heaven because he was poor. The rich man was not in hell because he was rich. But what did father Abraham tell to the rich man? He said, "They have the Law and the Prophets. Let them hear them." The Law and the Prophets sums up in Jesus Christ. This generation will not go to hell because of sin even. But because they rejected the gospel of Christ.
God has empowered us. We've got what it takes to really glorify God in our lives. So let us do that one thing needed. Let us learn more about Him and receive instruction from His Holy written Word. And let us closely pay attention to Him that we may learn to do them.
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