Thursday, 7 January 2016
You No Longer Follow After Such Things
Dr RJ Sing
“Away then with sinful, earthly things; deaden the evil desires lurking within you; have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires; don't worship the good things of life, for that is idolatry. 6 God's terrible anger is upon those who do such things. 7 You used to do them when your life was still part of this world.”
There was a time when you practiced sin. However, now that you have received Christ as your Saviour, you no longer follow after such things. You have replaced those selfish, sinful desires with the fruit of the Spirit.
Take the time to share your personal testimony and help to bring people out of darkness unto God’s marvelous light. In the Book of John: “I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5 (KJV). Who are the branches? We are the branches. Fruit grows on the branches, not on the trunk of the tree.
Therefore, since we are the branches, we know that the fruit of the Spirit refers to the fruit of our recreated human spirit. So as you abide in the vine you begin to bear fruit. You begin to follow the things that belong to the Kingdom of God. This is what I see in your life! I see you studying the Word of God. I see you working in the Kingdom of God! I see you being effective and functional in God’s Kingdom. I see you blessed.
From the January 2016 issue, themed I Have a Covenant Prosperity with God.
