{"id":16072,"date":"2017-04-20T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16072"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:50","slug":"making-a-difference-by-living-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/making-a-difference-by-living-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Difference by Living the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Live in Union with God’s Word<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The book of Psalms starts with \u201cHow happy (blessed) is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path of sinners or join a group of mockers!\u201d<\/p>\n

I find it interesting that a major book in the Bible would start out in such a way.\u00a0 Right off, Psalms starts out with a warning not to be common and live like sinners or the unbelievers.\u00a0 However, as I scan the Christian community, I find that this advice has not been taken by most so-called believers.<\/p>\n

Christians are supposed to be believers, and as believers we distinguish ourselves from unbelievers by living in the reality of the truth of God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 Instead it\u2019s very hard sometimes to distinguish the believer from the non-believer.\u00a0 There are many clues you can find that confirm my observation.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get personal:<\/p>\n

What are you saying?\u00a0 Do you talk like an unbeliever?\u00a0 Do you confess sickness and disease?\u00a0 Do you confess lack?\u00a0 Do you bless or curse?\u00a0 Do you daily meditate on God\u2019s Word?\u00a0 Do you pray to maintain communion with God?\u00a0 Are your hands raised in worship or are they glued to your sides?\u00a0 This is just the tip of the iceberg of what I have lived and observed in others.<\/p>\n

Many \u201cChristians\u201d follow the advice of the wicked.\u00a0 I would define wicked as unbelief.\u00a0 To me there is NOTHING more wicked that considering God a liar by not believing His Word.\u00a0 Many Christians follow advice from non-believing friends, bankers, doctors, lawyers, and such.\u00a0 They don\u2019t mind taking advice from someone who doesn\u2019t know God.<\/p>\n

Many Christians take the path of sinners.\u00a0 They do not rely on God\u2019s Word, but take the way of unbelievers.\u00a0 They trust credit cards, doctors, medicine, physiatrists, and such more than God Himself.\u00a0 Their first choice is all the above and the last resort is prayer.\u00a0 Sinners or unbelievers take this path.\u00a0 This is not the path God has chosen for us.\u00a0 We are to rely on Him and His promises.\u00a0 If HE leads us to other resources, that\u2019s fine.\u00a0 But, with believers, HE leads.\u00a0 He is our Source.\u00a0 No one or nothing else is our Source!<\/p>\n

Some Christians even join a group of mockers who mock God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 They think that God\u2019s Word is not all<\/em> true.\u00a0 They believe that there are shades of gray in the Bible. \u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s ok to have sex outside of marriage.\u00a0 It\u2019s fine to accept the homosexual lifestyle.\u00a0 It\u2019s acceptable to become drunk and take drugs.\u00a0 It\u2019s not politically correct to call out sin for what it is or to discriminate. \u00a0The mockers believe that are many ways to God!\u00a0 Some \u201cChristian\u201d even fall for this!\u00a0 Mockers believe that they will get to heaven because they are good people.\u00a0 Even many so-called Christian depend on their good works instead of the redemption of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Your \u201cgoodness\u201d or \u201cbadness\u201d has NOTHING to do with salvation.<\/p>\n

We are living in a time where we, the true believers, need to distinguish ourselves.\u00a0 We need to be different\u2014because we ARE different.\u00a0 We are not \u201conly human.\u201d\u00a0 We are a new creation created in Christ Jesus.\u00a0 We need to become devout Bible readers and believers.\u00a0 We need to use our voice to call things that are not as though they are!\u00a0 We need to devote our lives to reconcile people to God by living lives that demonstrate His goodness.\u00a0 We need to talk different.\u00a0 We must control our tongues to speak blessings over us, our children, our families, our nation.\u00a0 We confess God\u2019s Word and watch people marvel at our lives.\u00a0 This is our portion.\u00a0 This is our destiny.<\/p>\n

I can write this way because I was, to a certain extent, such a person.\u00a0 I trusted in credit, doctors, lawyers, and took advice from non-believers.\u00a0 I was just like them.\u00a0 The only difference was that I went to church, read my Bible occasionally, and prayed when necessary.\u00a0 I was what I now call a non-believing believer.\u00a0 I believed Jesus was my Savior, but I didn\u2019t believe ALL of God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 Healing\u2026forget it!\u00a0 Praying in tongues\u2026no way!\u00a0 Living debt-free and in prosperity\u2026not!\u00a0 I spoke curse after curse over my life: \u201cI can\u2019t afford that.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI have this disease.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI am such a moron.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI can\u2019t take it anymore.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWhy does this keep happening to me.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI can\u2019t make it.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI can\u2019t do that.\u201d and so forth.\u00a0 I was cursing my life instead of speaking what God had to say about me.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, that all changed. \u00a0My life if different because I accepted the truth.\u00a0 I repented of my previous ways.\u00a0 I bless instead of curse.\u00a0 I am very careful about what comes out of my mouth.\u00a0 I speak what God says about me.\u00a0 When I am faced with a tough situation, I refer to God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 I ask, \u201cWhat does God have to say about this?\u201d\u00a0 I refuse to live in fear.\u00a0 I recognize fear for what it is and let God\u2019s love conquer fear before it takes root in me.\u00a0 I hate lack, sickness, or disease.\u00a0 I do not accept them.\u00a0 Christ redeemed me from every curse.\u00a0 I lived the blessed life because HE SAID I DO and I agree with HIM!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not too late.\u00a0 You too can repent (change our mind and way of thinking.)\u00a0 You can choose life!\u00a0 You can choose to distinguish yourself.\u00a0 It is up to you to decide and when you do, God will begin to lead you in amazing ways.\u00a0 You will go from the wilderness to the Good Land, just be choosing God\u2019s way and not the path of sinners.<\/p>\n

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