Love the Lord!

Do you love the Lord?  

In Psalm 31 verses 23 and 24 David tells us this after he has asked the Lord to rescue him.

Love the Lord, all you his saints!
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord!

What have I learned from this? First, truly loving the Lord is only for his saints. Saints are not super godly people who have died and are now in heaven.

Saints are people who has trusted Jesus for salvation. We are called saints over and over in the New Testament.

We are the ones that have put our faith in Jesus and he preserves us. That means we will never lose our salvation.

Prideful people trust in themselves and not Jesus and this says they will be repaid. You don’t want to be in that place.

This doesn’t mean we have a trouble-free life, but that we should be courageous in our faith in Jesus and wait for him. Jesus is coming back.

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Ashamed of Jesus?

 Are you ashamed to be called a Christian?

Some people are ashamed to be named by the name of Jesus because society tells us that Christians are brainless for believing in Jesus.

If you have faith but have been ashamed to let others know, then pray the way David did in Psalm 31 verses 1 and 2.

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me! Incline your ear to me;
rescue me speedily!
Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

You were called to be Christian live in this life delivered the shame from the taunts and slander of those who are hate Jesus.

The Lord is your refuge when you feel attacked.

The Lord is never ashamed to call you his brother.

It is by his righteousness that you are delivered from sin.

He has already rescued you and saved you.

He is an unmovable rock and fortress to save you from shame.

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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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