A man is not righteous because he does right things. Is righteous because he himself is righteousness.
The good deeds are his children. They are not his identity.
He has become a righteous man because righteousness is what he has desired most of all. He has appealed to God through Christ. And he has received that for which he has asked.
Such a man has stopped doing and has become.
The world says, “We are many. There is nothing we cannot accomplish.” The church has heard them say this. Mistakenly, they have taken these words to them themselves. Instead of relying on the power of God, they have turned to the strength of numbers. And the work of Christ has suffered horrible loss.
The church has failed to learn or remember that the kingdom of God is not to be quantified. The kingdom of God is the power of Christ in His Holy Spirit. And the strength of righteousness is manifested in every believer. God does not look for numbers. He looks for faith and faithfulness.
How many times has God done wonderous things through one man? All the while, in that man’s time, there were hundreds and thousands of believers. With a few, God has crushed vast numbers of enemy.
How is it we have not learned? When the world makes boasts, their words are not for the church. Yet, even now, Psychology, sociology, politics and various other sinful teachings have crept in among us. Why do we make the same mistakes in every generation?
The words of the Bible are powerful and true. They are living words that are able to lead you to the living God in Christ Jesus. But their power is nullified if the covers of the book remain closed.
Who can say he would do such if certain things happened to him? To make words is easy. Fools do it all day long. But who among us knows of what they are made before the test is given? And even as a test begins upon us we have not yet seen the fullness of our nature.
Were your mate to have a stroke and lay in a bed for 10 years. Could you endure? What would you do? As the question is presented, your mind answers. But you cannot say for sure. Your answer would arrive at the end of the 10 years.
Life as you now know it will end. Plans you had together will not just deteriorate or be placed on hold, they will evaporate into nothing in the flash of a moment. And you will become embroiled in a horrible test.
Should you be caught up in some stupidity and find yourself in jail for 20 years, what would you do? Again, the answer comes at the end of 20 years. What we say before the test is complete is but speculation. It is not even to calculated guesstimate. Proof alone can rightly answer.
We know what is right. We know what the word valor means. We know the meaning of weakness and strength. But we do not know of what we are made until we are tested.
No man can fully be called faithful to Christ until he arrives before the Holy One; this place of testing left behind forever. Until then we fall on our knees and beg for mercy that we may endure everyday. To consider yourself a faithful Christian now is to prepare a room for pride.
Who knows what tomorrow brings? Who knows what will happen before the sun sets? What we are is what we have done. The sum of our history is a test. As you look at what you have done, who are you? We are living answers.
We: Live, Die, Face Judgment. Jesus or die twice.
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