None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
Benjamin Whichcote (1609-1683, British philosopher, theologian)
Romans 14:7-8
Benjamin Whichcote (1609-1683, British philosopher, theologian)
Romans 14:7-8
For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. (HCSB)
Self can get pretty big, and the problem with that is that it is so close. it is hard to see around it. It looms large in our lives, and it takes a determined effort to get out of its shadow. Paul tells us this in 2 Corinthians 5 vs 15 “And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.
Ok a good question for us all today, is who are you living for right now, this very minute? Be brutally honest. Why do you go to work, is it for you, or for the Lord. Does the Lord’s will and purpose have anything to do with your life’s direction, or is the only see that you think of all the time is what benefits your earthly existence?
One of these days these questions will be much more important for you and I, when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ. We will be judged then not on how much we gained physically here for ourselves, but on what we obtained for Christ, our Lord, and Savior. The Lord tells us in Ezekiel 7: 27, “I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Self can get pretty big, and the problem with that is that it is so close. it is hard to see around it. It looms large in our lives, and it takes a determined effort to get out of its shadow. Paul tells us this in 2 Corinthians 5 vs 15 “And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.
Ok a good question for us all today, is who are you living for right now, this very minute? Be brutally honest. Why do you go to work, is it for you, or for the Lord. Does the Lord’s will and purpose have anything to do with your life’s direction, or is the only see that you think of all the time is what benefits your earthly existence?
One of these days these questions will be much more important for you and I, when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ. We will be judged then not on how much we gained physically here for ourselves, but on what we obtained for Christ, our Lord, and Savior. The Lord tells us in Ezekiel 7: 27, “I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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