Title: You Are a Christian (April 26, 2009)
Contents
Subject: You are a Christian.
Word: Romans 7:14-20
[14] We know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
[15] I do not know what I do, for I do not do what I want, but rather do what I hate.
[16] If I do what I do not want to do, by this I confess that the law is good.
[17] It is no longer I who do these things, but sin that dwells in me.
[18] I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. The desire is in me, but to do good is not.
[19] I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want to do.
[20] If I do what I do not want to do, it is not I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
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When a person accepts Jesus and lives a life of faith, many things will change. However, there are some things that do not change.
When you first receive Jesus and become a believer, things change.
▶First, your identity changes.
The first thing that changes after believing in Jesus is your identity. They change from children of the devil to children of God. In [John 8:44] it says, 'You are of your father the devil, and you also want to do the desires of your father.' However, we believe that once we have Jesus in our hearts, our status will change to become a child of God. In [John 1:12-13], it is said, 'To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.' At the moment we accept Jesus as our Savior, we pray that you will believe that your status will change from sinners to righteous people, and from children of the devil to children of God.
▶Secondly, you change your mind.
If you become a child of God, you will have the heart to obey God's word and live.
Those who do not know God live as they please, for the glory of the fall of their flesh. I have no desire to live according to God's will, according to the words of the Bible. Everyone! Do you have a desire to live according to God's will in your heart? If so, then you are a child of God. If you have the desire to live according to God's will in your heart, then you are a child of God. It is because such a heart does not arise unless the Spirit of God enters into us.
However, there are things that do not change even if you believe in Jesus.
▶First, the environment does not change.
Even if you believe in Jesus and leave the church, the servant is still a servant, and the master is still only the master. Both before and after believing in Jesus are living in the same environment. Just because you believe in Jesus, the environment doesn't change overnight like a magic lamp.
▶Secondly, people's tendencies and habits do not change.
Even if we believe in Jesus, our bodies do not change. Even after believing in Jesus, the old inclinations remain. Believing in Jesus does not automatically change people's dispositions and habits overnight. But it changes. Because there is nothing that does not change in God. I believe that only the laws of nature do not change, but they can change in the Lord.
The incident where the storm calmed down! The incident where the sun stopped! The Red Sea parted and the Jordan River parted! Etc... All of these events are historically scientifically proven. But other than these events, the laws of nature do not change. Because it is a providence created by God. There is a fundamental cause that prevents us from obeying God by using the environment and the body, and that is that the power of sin within us is the real enemy.
So, how can I go about solving this?
▶First, let's confirm that I am a blessed child of God! that is to say.
If you believe in Jesus and change, your heart has changed. The desire to live according to God's will was created even a little. Even if our circumstances have not changed or our dispositions and habits have not changed, our identity has changed. You are a child of God.
▶Secondly, let's not give up because there is an unwanted temptation!
The strength of temptation can come even stronger to those who believe in Jesus. People who believe in Jesus struggle with temptation. Because the Spirit of God is in his heart. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the temptation itself. Everyone! I hope you are free. I pray that you will rejoice only because of Jesus in your heart. Please come to church with a happy heart.
▶Thirdly, ignore the temptations of sin and live!
We must ignore the temptations of sin and live our lives. If we do what sin tells us to do, we will perish.
Please believe that everything will change if you ignore the temptations of sin and live with the heart that the Lord gives you.
☞Dear Sandoll Saints~
If you refuse to live according to your circumstances, follow your heart to live according to God's Word, ignore the temptation of sin to live according to your flesh, and live according to God's Word in your heart, please believe that your environment will change as well. Hope is also reduced. The disposition of the body also changes. I hope you believe that you will become a new person if you ignore the desires of the flesh and live according to the words of God the Holy Spirit in your heart. Obviously, we earnestly pray in the name of the Lord that you will become those of us who believe in the fact that we are Christians who can change the environment and change ourselves.