Christian Living 101

by Pastor/Teacher Dennis Rokser

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The Christian life...

...Is not about YOU; it's about JESUS CHRIST! (Phil.1:20-21; Jer.9:23-24)

...is not about YOUR GLORY; it's about GOD'S GLORY! (1 Cor.1:31, 10:31)

...is not about YOUR MERIT AND RESOURCES; it's about GOD'S GRACE AND PROVISIONS! (John 1:16; Romans 5:1-2; 1 Cor.15:10)

...is not about YOUR WISDOM; it's about GOD'S WORD! (Isaiah 55:8-11; Ps.1:1-3)

...is not about YOUR WILL; it's about GOD'S WILL! (Matt.26:39; Romans 12:1-2)

...is not lived through YOUR STRENGTH; it's lived by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT! (Romans 7 & 8; Zech.4:6; Ephesians 5:18)

...is not lived on YOUR TERMS; it's lived on GOD'S TERMS! (Romans 6:11-13; 12:1-2)

...it is not about SERVICE FIRST; it's about SPIRITUALITY FIRST! (John 15:1-5)

...it is not about PLEASING YOURSELF; it's about PLEASING GOD! (2 Cor.5:8-10)

...it is not about WALKING BY SIGHT OR BY FEELINGS; it's about WALKING BY FAITH in the SUFFICIENCY OF JESUS CHRIST! (Col.2:6; 2 Cor. 5:7; Heb.11:6; Gal.2:20; Jer.17:5-8)

...it is not about COVERING YOUR SINS; it's about CONFESSING YOUR SINS. (1 Cor.11:28-32; 1 John 1:5-10; Prov.28:13)

...The key to the HORIZONTAL is the VERTICAL! (Ps.127:1; Gal. 3:1-5; John 15:1-5; Eph.5:18-6:9)

...The SUFFERING is in THIS life; the GLORY is in the NEXT! (Rom.8:18-25; 2 Cor. 4:16-18)

...Apart from a right vertical relationship with the Lord, MAN IS MISERABLE AND LIFE IS MEANINGLESS! (Ecclesiastes)

...We must KEEP our EYES on the LORD and His FAITHFULNESS, and not on PEOPLE and their FAILINGS! (Hebrews 12:1-2; 2 Timothy 2:13; 1 Thess. 5:24; Lam. 3:22-24))

...Your greatest problem is YOU and your INDEPENDENCE and UNBELIEF; it is not your CIRCUMSTANCES or OTHERS. (Romans 7:14-18; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7)

...To be DISAPPOINTED WITH YOURSELF is to have BELIEVED IN YOURSELF! (2 Cor. 3:5-6)

...The way UP is DOWN, as HE must INCREASE and YOU must DECREASE! (2 Cor. 4:8-11; John 3:30)

...GOD RESISTS THE PROUD BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE! (James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5)

...GOD'S GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, for WHEN YOU ARE WEAK (in yourself) YOU CAN BE STRONG (in the Lord)!  (2 Cor. 12:7-10)

...It's better to be a FELLOWSHIPPING MARY than a BUSY but BARREN MARTHA! (Luke 10:38-42)

Originally published in The Grace Family Journal, Spring 2009, and used with permission.

 

For further study: 1) The Christian Life and How It Is To Be Lived    2) What is the Believer's Rule of Life?      3) Guidance from God's Word--67 Tests.