Not Christian Robots

Some people say that God’s electing us for salvation would make us robots. But listen to Jesus in John 10 verses 27 and 28.

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.”

This is a synopsis of a Christian’s life.

The first stage of life is being counted as one of Jesus’ sheep before we were even born. We were chosen by the Father to be his sheep. Jesus knows who we are and at the right time, he calls us.

The second stage comes when we hear his voice. This is an effectual calling. We may have heard about Jesus and the gospel multiple times, however, this time, it is Jesus calling and the Holy Spirit makes us alive. This is the point where Jesus gives us eternal life.

The next stage is when we follow Jesus. We do not follow Jesus because we are robots or because we are forced. We follow because the Holy Spirit not only makes us alive but gives us the desire to follow Jesus. Our will now lines up with God’s will. It lasts forever because we are given eternal life. His promise and the promise of the Father is that we will never be carried away from him by any evil, sin, or even our own desires.

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Sing to the Lord

Why should we sing to the Lord? And what should we sing about? Here is what David said in Psalm 30 verses 4 and 5.

Sing to the Lord, you saints of his;  praise his holy name.
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

We sing to the Lord because this is what the Bible tells us to do. When we sing to him, we are to sing songs that praise his holy name. This doesn’t mean that is the only things we can sing about, but our highest and best songs should be praising his name.

To do that we must remember that the Lord is often angry with us when we sin against him. But when we repent of those sins, we are assured that his favor lasts forever. We know this because Jesus has taken the eternal punishment for our sins. In place of our sins, he gives us his eternal life imputed to us.

This psalm points us to Jesus who died and his disciples wept for a night. But their rejoicing came in the morning when Jesus was resurrected. That is the way our life is when we turn to Jesus for salvation. We weep over our sins and ask for forgiveness. Then he gives us joy in know he has forgiven us.

Then we sing to the Lord praising the name of Jesus.

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God bless you!

Worship God

Do you worship God? Do you even know what worship is? David gave us this insight into worship in Psalm 29 verse 1 and 2

Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

Who is to worship the Lord? Might ones. The literal translation is sons of God. Are you a son or daughter of God? Have you been adopted into God’s family through Jesus Christ? If so, then you are to give credit to God for his glory. 

You are to give credit to God of his strength. You are to give credit to God because of his name. It is only by the name of Jesus that anyone is saved. Give credit to God for that.

God’s glory and strength are shown in his holiness which is so splendid that it invokes worship. Jesus said we must worship in spirit and truth. We can only worship God through Jesus when Jesus lives in us by faith.

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God bless you.