Sunday, June 17, 2007

Lena Journals to 1 Thess 4 Today

I know that the way of thinking the world has and that we’ve all grown up with, is contrary to this way that is presented us in this scripture today, but by what standard are we being guided? Our own or by the standard of the word of God?
We say we live by faith in the Son of God who saved, us paid a price for us, and gave His own life up freely for us. Is this true when the word of God tells us to live in a way that is about pleasing God, rather than what we feel like is right or maybe I should say, what we feel is ok?
One deal that comes up a lot in this walk is, God still loves me, doesn’t mind if I do this or that, and isn’t hung up with laws, rules, or regulations.
True, He is never “hung up” on anything, but He does “care” what we choose to do or not do.
As for love, He loves us even if we choose to go to hell.
As for laws and rules, He made them to keep us from harm. He set up the original guidelines, like day and night, weeks, moths, years, the turning of the earth, seasons, etc, etc.
He’s pretty good at knowing what works and what doesn’t. That’s all rules are about, showing one the way to go that is right.
If we love Him back, we pay Him the respect of letting Him know we care what He thinks about what we choose. So we follow His lead.
If we truly love Him as we say we do, we obey His words.
Live in such a way to please the Lord, do what you’ve bee taught to do, in the word.
Why does sexual sin violate holiness?
Well, who made you? Who do you belong to? Who’d life is yours to live for?
If there is no self respect or self control, there is not really respect or honor for what one truly believes belongs to God. If we are His holy temple, His habitation, then we should keep the temple unto Him holy. If we are his temple and we allow violation and defilement, then we do not really care to take care of what He cares for, right? Right.
The body is for the Lord and the Lord is for the body. Keeping the body for what the Lord deems it should be given unto and for, is respect for the word of God.
We are spirit beings having a human experience. Every human experience will effect how and where we spend eternity. We are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in a body. The body is the lesser of the three of 3 our part beings. The body is to be governed by the spirit and soul.
The spirit should be the Master, the soul is the servant and the body the slave.
Or rather the spirit should be the head of the body as a man is a head of a family, he provides for makes determinations and leads well, the soul compliments, helps, and serves with loving response, as a wife would her loving and leading husband, the children copy and learn of the parents, the parents teach and train by good example the children or soul. If the child rules the house the house is out of order.
To allow the body to sin sexually is to be out of order and not under the head which is Christ.
Those who live for lust and physical passion in any setting other than covenant marriage, are living for flesh, the temporary realm, it is the lowest of worship forms.
This type of human worship is that which ignores and refuses God’s ways.
Huge, huh?
Christian love is not after the lower order of the flesh, it is after a much higher order, for it sees far beyond the life in the flesh, to the life that will continue eternally. It cares for the salvation of the soul. It is thinking of others rather than itself. It does not fulfill the lust of the flesh, it is not prideful. It does not seek its own, it is not easily provoked, does not think the worst of others, it is patient and kind, even to its own hurt. It does not behave in an unmannerly way, it is not angered easily, it hopes believes and endures all things. It does not look on what it sees, but it looks deeply to the inner potential of a person’s make up. It sees who they can be if they would believe and receive Christ Jesus and surrender their lives to Him.
It knows there is a life far beyond the one we now share here, a resurrection life and the power of that life that can work in us now, for later on. It is not earthy and sensually minded, it is heavenly minded, eternally seeking to love and please the Father God.
Daddy, Abba, Father, we pray today You have a Happy and Blessed Father’s Day!
May You be pleased that Your own children desire to walk in truth.
May You be blessed by who gets up and goes to seek you at Your house today!
May You be glorified in what we do and say, everyday, beginning new today.
Thank you for giving us Your words that we may pick them up, eat them, and learn to walk in Your ways.
We do not take it lightly knowing others do not have this luxury as we do.