Old Living Word Podcast

The Blood of Christ covers all the required sacrifices of the Old Testament, i.e. Leviticus.

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Well, citizens of the United States are enjoying the high position in the world!! What are doing with it?? Are we God’s instruments of God, dispensing His goods? Or, are we hording things for our own pleasure and security?What about our positions as employers, parents or just leaders of some group? All of these positions carry with them power which means accountability before God! We are to take warning about future judgment about misusing God positions, capabilities and possessions.

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Our own reaction to being told what to do, even by God? Believers are to put aside their old ways and diligently obey the Bible.

How much are we willing to struggle to develop a deep unity with fellow believers? How have we been thinking unity is going to develop? By osmosis? By “clicking” together? How much are we motivated to pay the price of Christian unity? What should motivate us? Spiritual union with Christ means living a loving unity with follow believers and having Christ’s life be our life foundation.

How does it show that we are living by the fact the Christ is Lord? Are we conscious through out the week that we represent God to others? How much energy do we spend on physical, earthly things vs spiritual things? The Christian life means a focus on heavenly realities and putting away old ways of relating.

Will you, have you, withdrawn from the church? You may be here but you are not going to get much committed to any church: Not Good! Maybe you or friends and relatives may be sucked into forcing rules and regulations on everyone; make the church members behave! If that happen you will become legalistic. Legalism enslaves so that we must have Christ as our sufficiency!

Do you know of someone trapped in sin and guilt? Are you trapped in sin and fear of being exposed? Maybe you have been battling but are starting to slip into temptation. You don’t want to give in but certain individuals or things offer relief from fear. May someone or somewhere you read of cleaver explanation for your life problems and offer solutions that you know have nothing to do with God or Christ. But they look and sound good. You might say, “The forces against me in this society are too great.” A strong Christian life is possible because God’s work through Christ delivers us from the powers of sin.

Are you living a Christianity that is more about what makes you feel comfortable and not what Christ is all about? Are you being persecuted in some way because you really are living the Christian life? Proclaiming God’s work through Christ of saving and maturing people takes a high commitment.

So I ask, how much time do you spend focusing on the spiritual things of life vs the material things of life? How much effort do we spend wrestling with spiritual things vs material things? How much do we work at connecting our Christianity to everyday life? How much is the person of Christ determinative in how we live our daily life? Christ, being God is to be the person we must live for, since He is the source and sustainer of our whole life.

We are to strengthen our unity with fellow believers in Christ by highlighting vital truths we hold in common and live by.