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For most true Christians, our lives can be divided into two elements - the time we lived as unbelievers, and the time we've lived as children of God. Prior to salvation we lived to survive and/or prosper subject to the world system. Hopefully, since salvation we're maturing and progressing relative to eternal values and Kingdom principles because we seek to KNOW Jesus. (2 Peter 3:18)
Spiritual progression only occurs as the result of a sincere desire to KNOW Jesus Christ. We can preach on street corners, mission in Africa, work in inner-city soup kitchens - none of which amounts to anything without an intense and abiding love for, and focus on, Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3:8)
Will our Savior determine the course and outcome of our day? Will we arise thinking of Him, and live each moment of the day seeking to KNOW Him better? Wherever we are, and whenever it may be, Jesus Christ is with us ready to take our hand as we reach up to Him. It doesn't matter what we did yesterday, or even a moment ago. The time to seek and KNOW Jesus is right now! (Romans 10:9)
Onward Christian soldiers!
Bob Benson
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The great enemy of the Lord Jesus Christ today is the idea of practical work that has no basis in the New Testament but comes from the systems of the world. This work insists upon endless energy and activities, but no private life with God. The emphasis is put on the wrong thing. Jesus said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation . . . . For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you" ( Luke 17:20-21 ). It is a hidden, obscure thing. An active Christian worker too often lives to be seen by others, while it is the innermost, personal area that reveals the power of a person’s life.
We must get rid of the plague of the spirit of this religious age in which we live. In our Lord’s life there was none of the pressure and the rushing of tremendous activity that we regard so highly today, and a disciple is to be like His Master. The central point of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is a personal relationship with Him, not public usefulness to others.
It is not the practical activities that are the strength of this Bible Training College—its entire strength lies in the fact that here you are immersed in the truths of God to soak in them before Him. You have no idea of where or how God is going to engineer your future circumstances, and no knowledge of what stress and strain is going to be placed on you either at home or abroad. And if you waste your time in overactivity, instead of being immersed in the great fundamental truths of God’s redemption, then you will snap when the stress and strain do come. But if this time of soaking before God is being spent in getting rooted and grounded in Him, which may appear to be impractical, then you will remain true to Him whatever happens.
Amen!
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"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." Matthew 16:24
We must get rid of the plague of the spirit of this religious age in which we live. In our Lord’s life there was none of the pressure and the rushing of tremendous activity that we regard so highly today, and a disciple is to be like His Master. The central point of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is a personal relationship with Him, not public usefulness to others.
It is not the practical activities that are the strength of this Bible Training College—its entire strength lies in the fact that here you are immersed in the truths of God to soak in them before Him. You have no idea of where or how God is going to engineer your future circumstances, and no knowledge of what stress and strain is going to be placed on you either at home or abroad. And if you waste your time in overactivity, instead of being immersed in the great fundamental truths of God’s redemption, then you will snap when the stress and strain do come. But if this time of soaking before God is being spent in getting rooted and grounded in Him, which may appear to be impractical, then you will remain true to Him whatever happens.
Amen!
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"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me." Matthew 16:24
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