God's Word

 I was asked recently, if the 10 commandments don't apply to us now because the old law was removed because of Jesus, what are we supposed to do now. We have no real rules to follow as Christians. I chuckled to myself when that was stated because it was by a fellow believer, but that got me thinking, because if that is what other people think, what is our churches teaching believers today? What are they teaching people, that all they have to do is give their lives to Christ and that makes them a good Christian? That is all they have to do to get to heaven? I know it states in the Bible that we are not saved by works, but if someone gives their live to Christ, but continues living a sinful life, I would think that means that person truly did not love the Lord with all their hearts soul and mind, because that is the first and greatest commandment. See there is so much, that they are leaving out, that is why I think it is so important that we teach these people the truth of what they are agreeing too. 

I don't know, I know God can change hearts, but you can convert someone that isn't going to change, but God can change them. Or you can teach them what it means to be a Christian, teach them about God, teach them, what it means to follow Jesus Christ. If you think about the Disciples, they where not saved until after Jesus died. Wow that is kind of mind blowing, when you take it down to that, because they followed Him in life, then they had to chose to follow Him in death too, some of them went back to fishing before the Holy Spirit came to them. It was then and only then that they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they had power like no other, they were able to minister to do things they never did before. Why, because they believed in Jesus Christ. 

The Bible says, which mean God says we can have that same power, we are limiting what the Bible says, when we say it was only meant for their time. We are limiting what God says, when we are translating it to mean what we think it should. Maybe instead of translating it to mean what we think we want it to mean, maybe we should allow God to minster to us how He desires too. Maybe it isn't about how our Church teaches us, but it is how we ask God to show us. We are the limit we put on God, because God is limitless. Wrap your  mind around that, if we limit God, we are putting God in a box, God is bigger than any box, we can't put God in a box, we have to stop. Isn't it time we stop saying that God can't talk verbally, isn't it time we stop limiting God and stop saying He will not and stop saying He can do anything He wants to do. Stop putting Him in the box the churches have done for years, time for Him to be free. 

I got off on a tangent, but really, we need to teach people what it means to follow Jesus Christ, what it looks like to be a Christian, to be a Christ follower. Yes we all struggle. Yes we all sin, there is no one without sin, but we can all aim to work on being who God calls us to be. We can all strive to stop putting God in a box and allow God to be God. 

Let God's word be a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your path. He will guide you, stop trying to fumble your way through. No need to do it on your own.