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The Joyful Life

1 John 1:4   “. . These things we write unto you, That your joy might be full . .”
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The joy of forgiveness is the beginning of joy

   What John is trying to tell us here is, the fellowship with Him causes us to walk in the light, in the fellowship with other like-minded believers in the one-true-God, who is light.

John 11 9/10  “. .Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him . .”

   I believe what Christ is alluding to here is that, if we have Christ living in us shining bright, His love & joy will spill out into our daily lives, thus illuminating all the shadows that cause us to stumble. This will give us Joy in the fellowship of other believers. From here we can find strength to . . forgive.

( I grew up knowing the Lord’s Prayer as thus) ..
“..Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who Trespass against us..” When, in all but he ‘Message’ version of the Bible it reads .. “..Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors..”
. . debts does not always me ‘monetary, we’re being told to forgive those who have wronged us, and them us. Day after day it will become harder, not only this, but slowly but surely, it will consume us from within, and destroying any and all Joy. Turning us into hard hearted and bitter, ending up, consuming all our Joy.

The Joy of fellowship is in fullness of Joy

In the Joy of fellowship there are 4 elements that are key, they are ..

• Walking in the Light
• The Confession of Sin
• The forgiveness of Sin
• The Cleansing of Sin

Walking in the Light .. This will never be easy, always testing you metal. Another way is to put a ‘fish’ on the back of your car. This tells everyone you live in the light, striving not to be wrong, only living right.

The Confession of Sin .. Bringing you wrong doings to God, for His forgiveness. As we may tell others of your doings.

Forgiveness of Sin. . Now we have ‘confessed our Sin, we can move on by asking for Forgiveness, as we have to ‘Forgive’ those who have wronged us.

Cleansing of Sin. . When we are saved there comes a time to be ‘Baptised’. Here we submerged in water. Thus mimicking being born, or born again, cleansing us of ‘All’ Sin.

John 3:5/7  “. .Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’. .”

Without new birth there is no ‘New-Life’.

   New Birth gives new perspective, as we can now see the Kingdom of God. Through our new birth we are introduced into a new realm, allowed to enter the Kingdom we have been born-again into. Being born-again is more than just being ‘Saved’. It has re-qualified us and opening us up, waking us up to our new life and its possibilities.

The Victorious Life

1 John 2:1  “. .My little children these things Write I unto you, that ye may not sin. . “
   How many of you have children and constantly telling/warning them against doing things that are going to harm them? But, no matter what you say they go ahead anyway? “My little children” were warned.


   The Message Bible translation “. .My little children. .” Was aimed so’s, to those who had already became so through Christ Jesus saving them. Bringing Gods children through Christ Jesus, now meant that their lives were Victorious and now had become their own possession through Faith. 1 John 2:13 “..I write ..because ye have overcome the wicked one..”

   We must always remember that when we sin, and we will sin because we are made of flesh. So sadly we will always sin, take comfort in that there is an advocate for us. Advocacy is for ever at work for us through Jesus Christ. For those sinning saint (us), of which He carries unto the father. Where He restores the saint because of the sacrifice He has already paid.

   Dr Griff Thomas once said. “If any man sin, we have an advocate. There is no allowance for sin, but there is a perfect provision in case we do sin, no need to sin ~ no right to sin ~ no compromise with sin ~ no licence, but a provision in case we do. All ships have life boats these days, whilst no ship sails with the intention of sinking. We have 2 yes 2 advocates.." Is that the Lord Jesus Christ is the direct advocate with the Heavenly Father. The Holy Spirit in John’s gospel means also we have an advocate within us all.

   Before we move on tell me this ‘What do you term as Victorious? Is it where you follow your childhood dreams and become that Fireman/Nurse? Or, is that you design something that turns you into a multi-Billionaire? Or, Is it you train hard for a race, of which you win a Gold medal at the Olympics?

‘What do you term as Victorious?

  The word of God is our road to victorious in all we do, may His blessing this message, help you becoming a winner and recieve your Gold medal for a race well run.

Amen

Free Will pt 1 of 3

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Free Will 

Romans 12:1 “..I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service..”

Question: 

“Is it OK to go back to living your old Worldly life, once your saved”? 

“If so, why did you get saved”? 

You have to watch out, as it can be easy when your struggling to slip back into your old Worldly ways. Because you now have been liberated from the yokes that have had you bound for so long.
12:2 “..And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect..”

    Something I need you to grasp is, that your chains of bondage, have not just been broken to pieces, but been smelted down. Now put on your new amour (Eph’s 6:14). Now being saved, and going to a Church, you need to under the 5 fold ministry.. which is . . .

  1:Apostille 2:Preacher 3:Profit 4:Evangelist 

5:Teacher 

...for the perfecting of the saints. 

   Sadly today we discarded these ministries, because it is felt that they just get in our way, in what ‘WE’ want the Church to be. So under grace we feel that it is no longer important to go to Church anymore. In so many Churches, they are no longer a place where we truly learn, only a ‘doctrine’. Instead what we learn is that Doris’ cat died during the week, or, who Mavis is dating now. The Preacher; Minster; Pastor; Leader, may feel that they feeding the congregation, the only feeding they thinking what’s for Sunday lunch, because they have guests coming, or watching the time till they leave.

• Firstly … It is very important you need to find a place that is going to feed you, so pray over the situation, and ask for Gods guidance.
• Secondly … Somewhere you'll be ready to receive gods word, and be fed to help you through the week and beyond. 

   Every visit should be a renewing of our mind, we need this because our minds are under constant attack, so it is so desperately needed. Only you can decide to be constantly because of all the ‘junk’ we are bombarded with 24/7. Being saved/Christian is a life time of struggle and endeavour. You must renew your mind daily with prayer to Jesus Christ and reading your Bible, at home. You must also be under a Pastor/Priest who helps to renew your mind weekly. It’s a shame, that in the World Church’s have become so watered down, that they have all but no purpose in their community, with all kinds of unspiritual things going on. Instead what should be happening is no longer taking place ….’I’m not here to entertain you, but instead ..Renew your Mind …. to challenge your way of thinking, until it begins to line up with God.

   What all this leads us to do is, contradict the ways of how your used thinking & behaving…

Proverbs 23 : 7 

“..For as he thinks in his heart, so is he ..” 

...free choice means we have the ability to ‘Choose’ where we worship, try and find one that is going to challenge you during the following weeks and beyond, but also feeds your soul. Because a large chunk of our lives has been in the world, at times we behave this way without thinking.

   Today, it is all but expected that you should have a ‘computer’, of sorts, like a notebook: laptop: iPad: workstation etc. Such is the advancement of technology you have to try and buy the latest one. Even though your old machine worked well enough, but due to the software is constantly updated you need newer hard ware.

   So, our minds need to be ‘renewed’, WHY? I can praise the Lord just as well at home! True, but like a computer we need to have a ‘Disk-clean’, weekly. Due to all the negativity we have faced during the week, and if by ourselves for a long time, we are going to slip very quickly & easily back into our ‘old Worldly ways’, hence why we are going to, just like our computers, a ‘deep-defrag’, as so many ‘data-files’ would have become corrupted. After getting saved, and working in a place where staff are not, it is going to be so easy to slip back to thinking your old ways.

#So be mindful of your mind# 

(Parts 2 & 3 to follow shortly.

I pray Gods word will bless you, and touch you

in new ways Christ Jesus name)