I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.
David Livingstone (1813-1873, British missionary, explorer)
Romans 14:7-8 (HCSB)
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.
Another way to express what Paul is saying when he says, “to himself,” or herself as the case may be, is to state it like this. “No one lives to his own advantage, or dies to his own advantage.” Does that make it easier to understand what Paul is saying here? In other words, Paul says life isn’t about you.
Wow! Now that will turn some heads. It isn’t about us, it’s all about Him. Your life is not for your advantage, it is for God’s advantage, and for His Glory. Doesn’t this make 1 Corinthians 6:20, easier to understand; “You are not your own, for you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
If we could ever grasp that one point we would be happier and find peace as God’s children, for it would help us to find our purpose every day that we live. In Gal 2:20, Paul tells us this, “and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me,” God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
David Livingstone (1813-1873, British missionary, explorer)
Romans 14:7-8 (HCSB)
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.
Another way to express what Paul is saying when he says, “to himself,” or herself as the case may be, is to state it like this. “No one lives to his own advantage, or dies to his own advantage.” Does that make it easier to understand what Paul is saying here? In other words, Paul says life isn’t about you.
Wow! Now that will turn some heads. It isn’t about us, it’s all about Him. Your life is not for your advantage, it is for God’s advantage, and for His Glory. Doesn’t this make 1 Corinthians 6:20, easier to understand; “You are not your own, for you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
If we could ever grasp that one point we would be happier and find peace as God’s children, for it would help us to find our purpose every day that we live. In Gal 2:20, Paul tells us this, “and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me,” God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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