Living the Word

Many people mistakenly think that it is a good practice to be able to memorise scripture. That in itself is a good discipline and should not be discouraged , but something more powerful is for people to put the scripture that they know into action. Rather then quoting scripture in Facebook arguments, they would know that Paul admonished us to not take part in that at all. Rather then walking past homeless people on the street without one glance, they would know what Jesus meant for us to do when He shared the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Personally I think we have too many people with opinions  and ideas of what the Christian life is supposed to look like, and too few that are sharing the Gospel and obeying everything that Jesus taught and teaching others to do so. Many people can quote what the Great Commission says, yet few people actually do it! It is important that we don't become religious with an appearance of being good Christians and yet neglect to live like the church off Acts actually lived.

It takes real effort to obey and heed the scriptures. If people believed in the Word of God and practiced it as Jesus wanted us to do, there would be an explosion of lost souls pouring into the Kingdom every day and the people of God would not be sitting behind computer screens posting scriptural commentary on Facebook, but they would be out in public demonstrating the Kingdom of God to the lost.

You see when all is said and done,  there is a lot being said and very little being done. Jesus did not come with mere words to rebuke the Pharisees, He came with a demonstration of power and a love and compassion that won the people to Him and threatened the whole System of religion at that time. Can you imagine such a powerful man coming to the Earth today and doing such radical things that it turned Christianity on its head?

You can affect your world if you begin to practice the Word of God. You can start with the Fifty commandments of Jesus Christ. Look them up on Google and set your mind to remember some of them and start to put them into practice each day of your life. It is not enough to quote the Word of God, even Satan can do that. Demons don't fear the Word of God. Demons only fear a Christian that is full of the Word of God and obeying it.

Some people read my books and wonder how I have such an intimate relationship with Jesus. Some of these people have told me that they are jealous of my relationship. My relationship came out of talking to Jesus and obeying the Word of God. You too can make a start toward where I am with in my relationship with God.

I encourage you to go for it!

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