ME TOOOOO!!! I watch it listen to her before my prayers every morning! She helps me to feel the spirit and become closer to God!! I love her so much!!!
For many reasons this has induced me like a "healthy dose of vitamins" when they talked about reality. Everyday life. Weaknesses. Struggles. Family. Favourites books and foods. Imperfections. I think we need this kind of reality talk about daily Christian lives often. This is so healthy for me.
Are we fighting fights God hasn't given us to fight? Great question. The enemy is very good at finding distractions & reasons not to serve our Lord. As we surrender our lives to His leading the doors & roads open up with support & protection from our Father in Heaven. I have found Divine intervention comes often when we submit to Him. People come your way so we can share our testimonies. What God has done for us is so empowering and assists God in converting hearts to Him. You will know when you are throwing pearls to swines, then you will also know when hearts are breaking to hear His word. God bless you Jenn & Brooke. (BTW we knew Brooke as Miss Fraser in New Zealand, God has really blessed her journey) . Also the question what challenges me the most....from the Fruit of the Spirit - self control & patience👍🥰✝️
Brooke's voice moves me in a way that is nearly indescribable. My thoughts are lifted, my spirit soars, I feel at once ELATED and yet very humbled. More often than not, if i try to sing along, i get choked up and start crying (HAPPY TEARS though! it's good! lol) Her voice is a gift and a blessing!
I'm so grateful for the part where Mrs Ligertwood talked about cynicism. It helped me come face to face with some deeply-rooted pain and disappointment that relates with an important leader in my life. Thank you, Bethel Music for this insightful opportunity. Much love ♡
Amazing interview with one of my favorite christian artists. I didn't know anything about Brooke before. It is so great to find out about her walk with Jesus and her musical endeavors. Thank you!
It aches me in a way that surprisingly heals, that how someone is confirming the things that I feel! The worthiness of the savior is so much more then our stupid brains could ever comprehend! Aaaah How REAL is he!
"If I am not doing my Father's works, do not believe me. But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and underst and that the Father is in me and I am in the Father." (John 10:37-38)
I know I appreciate y'all helped in saving me from the counterfeit life i was trapped in I pray all people see God and fill their lives with Him/Her I love yall yes Amen Jesus
@@amyturner6275 are you your flesh or do you serve with it. Not an arguement but a difference in perspective. Do you look from the outside in or inside out. Who am I? I think you know. I Am with him and I feel You with her. Thank you bless you Amy.
She has the oddest sense of humour in the most relatable way. Yet the way she speaks is penetrating to the bones knowing that the Word of God is alive in her.
if you have all the money to pay for people take care of your stuff for you to live your potential that's cool... but regular non rich leaders don't have that! most of them have full time job // so very good advice Jenn//you are a really smart woman
I need Jesus thoughts because the ignorant brain i had is still jumping out from around the corners of my learning. Please pray for me. I know that name you see is bad and i have 30 profiles at least running from the evil I AM Q Maybe you know me MQREYQUKNQW
I wish Brooke were more discerning about her associations, especially with Bethel. Pull back the curtain, and see yet another cult posing as a "Christian" megachurch. Read up on the N.A.R., the cultic practices of their school, and the efforts of the school to separate students from their parents and families. If you don't know about these things, I understand why you would react to what I've said. If you've had the misfortune of being part of a cultic church or abusively controlling one, in doctrine or actual practices, you will quickly recognize and understand the patterns.
I pray God pulls Brooke out of this ungodly environment and bad company. The way she sings and song writes, I believe one day God will pull her out of Hillsong Church and from rubbing shoulders with the likes of Bethel Church. I love these people but they totally hate Jesus. I refuse to believe Brooke is like them. Please brothers and Sisters, pray for be Brooke to leave behind false ministries. She truly has a heart for the Lord. I was once apart of a false ministry too any God rescued me. If God did it for me He can and will do it for you and Brooke! I Jesus Christ Mighty name we ask this of The Father. Amen 🙏🏽. Sincerely, Pastor Chris ❤️✝️🕊️ God is good. “Jesus Christ said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 KJV
Listen to what she said to the poor woman who said she felt overlooked. She said oh that’s God not people - that’s not your destiny to be chosen, you have to wait. Is that proper advice? She’s just as much part of it - listen to her talking about how her songs change the world and are parables and epiphanies. And yet only in 2019 did they sing the gospel. I’m not so sure she’s all she’s cracked up to be
Faith is one of those words that is commonly used but not always understood. Some of that confusion comes from the many different ways the word faith is used in everyday conversation; a quick look at Dictionary.com shows seven different uses! One common way that people use the word faith is to refer to belief in something despite lacking any evidence for it. But is that what the Bible means by faith? The answer is a resounding no! So, when the Bible uses the word faith, what does it mean? The closest that the Bible comes to offering an exact definition is Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” From this particular passage we see that the central feature of faith-confidence or trust. In the Bible, the object of faith is God and his promises. A clear example of this is Abram's encounter with God in Genesis 15. In response to God's promise of countless descendants, Abram “believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness” (Gen 15:6). Commenting on this, the Apostle Paul writes, “No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised” (Rom 4:20-21). Thus, faith means putting your trust in God and having confidence that he will fulfill his promises. Faith is more than intellectual agreement. To use an old illustration, imagine you are at Niagara Falls watching a tightrope walker push a wheelbarrow across the rope high above the falls. After watching him go back and forth several times, he asks for a volunteer to sit in the wheelbarrow as he pushes it across the falls. At an intellectual level, you may believe that he could successfully push you across the rope over the falls, but you are not exercising biblical faith until you get in the wheelbarrow and entrust yourself to the tightrope walker. Genuine biblical faith expresses itself in everyday life. James writes that “faith by itself, apart from works, is dead” (James 2:17). Faith works through love to produce tangible evidence of its existence in a person's life (Gal 5:6). Put another way, the obedience that pleases God comes from faith (Rom 1:5, 16:26), rather than a mere sense of duty or obligation. There is all the difference in the world between the husband who buys his wife flowers out of delight and one who buys them simply out of duty. Faith is so important because it is the means by which we have a relationship with God: “For by grace you have been saved through faith” (Eph 2:8). Faith is how we receive the benefits of what Jesus has done for us. He lived a life of perfect obedience to God, died to pay the penalty for our sinful rebellion against God, and rose from the dead to defeat sin, death, and the devil. By putting our faith in him, we receive forgiveness for our sins and the gift of eternal life. So, faith means relying completely on who Jesus is and what he has done to be made right with God. Faith is choosing to believe First of all, the Christian faith professes an unreserved belief in the Bible, God’s Word to mankind - true, tested and unchanging. Faith is also full and unreserved confidence in God, in His love for me, and in His power to help me whatever comes my way in life. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6. Faith is a choice. I need faith to become a Christian. I choose to believe in Jesus Christ, that He died for my sins, and that by believing in Him, my sins will be forgiven. The promise is clear. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. It is faith in a Person that saves a believing soul, not faith in a particular philosophy or a code of rules. Every Christian will agree that salvation is a gift, not something we attain to by our own efforts. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9. To acknowledge my sin and repent from it is the first and vital step. But I still cannot save myself! “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23. To receive this gift, I must believe in and personally accept God’s gift to me in His Son. The forgiveness of sins is a wonderful beginning, and brings great joy to every true believer in Jesus. It is no small thing to have the burden and guilt of sin removed from my conscience! What comes next? So I am saved by grace through an act of faith. I choose to believe. Then what? Do I still need faith? Yes! If I want to live a life that pleases the Savior I have believed in. Though the guilt of sin is gone, the indwelling sin in my nature will still be the cause of many temptations. The next verse in Ephesians 2 tells us what God’s thoughts are for us after our initial experience of salvation. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10. So God has something far greater, and even more wonderful in mind for us after we have believed Him for forgiveness. It is also written in Romans 5:10: “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” Jesus’ life was a life of action. “Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.” Hebrews 5:8. To be saved by His life, I need a faith that leads me to action. Paul calls it the obedience to the faith. (Romans 1:5) Jesus is our great Forerunner, and the author and finisher of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2) All the heroes of faith in the old covenant acted on their faith. They did something. Every one of them believed - and acted! By faith Noah prepared an ark, by faith Abraham obeyed, and so on. (Hebrews 11) Go to action! John writes simply: “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4. It is this light of Jesus’ life that I need to walk in - go to action! If I really want to obey God’s good laws of life found in His Word, I will soon find myself in a battle Almost all talk of battles and wars when concerning a Christian life refers to the inner battle that arises when a sinful thought tempts you. God’s Spirit and the flesh are at odds. When you have decided to only do... , a battle against the sin the light reveals. This is the good fight of faith! To win this battle, I need to believe in a power outside of myself, in the power of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus Who has promised that He can save me, and that to the uttermost. (Hebrews 7:25) This ongoing salvation is a work of faith. It has nothing to do with my feelings, which can go up and down like a yo-yo. But when I believe God, and set my heart to obey, even against my feelings or my human understanding, then God goes to action too! He sends grace and help in time of need, and all honor for the salvation gained belongs to Him! Faith opens the door to a victorious life! By faith, we can truly overcome as He overcame! “This is the victory that overcomes the world - our faith.” 1 John 5:5. I believe in His power to save. I believe that when I take up my cross and deny myself as Jesus did, or as the Scriptures also put it, am “crucified with Christ,” I will be victorious over sin and self. “I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20. Faith is a precious possession! As we said to start with, it is not visible or tangible. However, Jesus said to doubting Thomas: “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29. Peter writes about this blessedness also. “… whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:8-9. The result of a living faith is both visible and tangible! The disciples saw it and touched it in Jesus, and our calling as Christians is to come to this same joyful and glorious life - by faith! 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 7 And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power. Come join us at Arundel Christian Church web site every Sunday morning LIVE!!!
Brooke is one of those people who don't know I exist but makes me fall in love with Jesus more.
True
The same with me. Greetings from Brazil❤️
ME TOOOOO!!! I watch it listen to her before my prayers every morning! She helps me to feel the spirit and become closer to God!! I love her so much!!!
It's neat to see some of our shared journey . The Mercy Seat and the Church. One Body. Unity. .. One Faith...Ephesians...All about Jesus! 💖
Amen
Isn't Brooke the best? I love her so much... The way she's so humble and wise beyond her years...
WHEN TWO OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDS AND TALKING ABOUT JESUS TOGETHER IN ONE VIDEO >
Two powerhouses! 🔥 🔥 🔥 Brooke is such a wordsmith! Her love for Jesus & His Church is so inspiring ♥️♥️♥️
For many reasons this has induced me like a "healthy dose of vitamins" when they talked about reality.
Everyday life.
Weaknesses.
Struggles.
Family.
Favourites books and foods.
Imperfections.
I think we need this kind of reality talk about daily Christian lives often.
This is so healthy for me.
Are we fighting fights God hasn't given us to fight? Great question. The enemy is very good at finding distractions & reasons not to serve our Lord. As we surrender our lives to His leading the doors & roads open up with support & protection from our Father in Heaven. I have found Divine intervention comes often when we submit to Him. People come your way so we can share our testimonies. What God has done for us is so empowering and assists God in converting hearts to Him. You will know when you are throwing pearls to swines, then you will also know when hearts are breaking to hear His word. God bless you Jenn & Brooke. (BTW we knew Brooke as Miss Fraser in New Zealand, God has really blessed her journey) . Also the question what challenges me the most....from the Fruit of the Spirit - self control & patience👍🥰✝️
Brooke's voice moves me in a way that is nearly indescribable. My thoughts are lifted, my spirit soars, I feel at once ELATED and yet very humbled. More often than not, if i try to sing along, i get choked up and start crying (HAPPY TEARS though! it's good! lol) Her voice is a gift and a blessing!
I'm so grateful for the part where Mrs Ligertwood talked about cynicism. It helped me come face to face with some deeply-rooted pain and disappointment that relates with an important leader in my life. Thank you, Bethel Music for this insightful opportunity. Much love ♡
Amazing interview with one of my favorite christian artists. I didn't know anything about Brooke before. It is so great to find out about her walk with Jesus and her musical endeavors. Thank you!
“I love it when you sing about my Son” wow. That wrecked me.
Two awesome Christian ladies sharing life and stories....this event was held in July, 2019.
"I love it when you sing about my Son" ...O to live for His pleasure!!!😭
"I really like napping?" - relatable content 💯
It aches me in a way that surprisingly heals, that how someone is confirming the things that I feel! The worthiness of the savior is so much more then our stupid brains could ever comprehend! Aaaah How REAL is he!
What a great interview enabling us to learn more about you both. Brooke, you make me proud to be a Kiwi.
"If I am not doing my Father's works,
do not believe me.
But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe me,
believe the works, so that you may know and underst and that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."
(John 10:37-38)
Thanks heaps for keepin it real, transparency and y’all AWESOME godly stewardship, BIG BIG GOD LOVE & BLESSINGS to all y’all
🧨🌋🤍🥰🦋🧡 Such Queens. Such inspirations. Such gifts. So much love. Great and honest conversation.
At 30:00 "The root of cynicism is disappointment with Me." (as in God) Wow. Shattered me. So true.
Major revelation in one sentence.
“You can get away with anything here because people think it’s from the Lord”.
Exactly the problem.
Honra y Gloria a Jehova Rey de Reyes y Señor de Señores 🙌🏽 ✝️ 🙂 🇲🇽
I know I appreciate y'all helped in saving me from the counterfeit life i was trapped in I pray all people see God and fill their lives with Him/Her I love yall yes Amen Jesus
Jesus is a him lol
@@amyturner6275 are you your flesh or do you serve with it. Not an arguement but a difference in perspective. Do you look from the outside in or inside out. Who am I? I think you know. I Am with him and I feel You with her. Thank you bless you Amy.
@@bigc.o.q.dudelldooyoochik5318 Jesus is a man .a son , a carpenter , a preist , don't even go there .
@@amyturner6275 ok
I laugh and cried watching this interview. Thank you for your faithfulness and love for God. It encourage us.
Really?? You cried?
Jen should have her own talk show .. 😁
Hands down, Brooke is the best, her voice is juuuuust beautiful!
The two of favourite female artists in one room 😍
My fav's😍.... I speak a blessing upon their lives.
@ 18:40 "What battles am I fighting that God has not asked me to fight?" Great question. 🤔
I love this interview so much! As soon as Brooke said Spice girls my immediate thought next was S Club! I identify with this very much!
Roast lamb 🐑 funny you!!NZ - Kiwi born girl. God bless you Brooke.
🙏🏽♥️ 🙌🏿🙌🏻🙌🏽🌏 🔥
"I wish I had a pretty worship face."
~Brooke Ligertwood 2019~
Is not about you look it's your attitude and focus and worship to god 😊🥰🥰
The lord be with you brethern praise god
We love you Brooke!
From Abba: "I love it when sing about My Son"
Two beloveds In one setting!
Such a blast blessing
This has blessed me so much! 🔥♥️
Nice to have both houses in one place. Sorry that I have to remind you both have past due bills.. like a lot of songs.
God bless you brooke and jenn ❤❤ thank you! Im still laugh for brooke face when she joke.🤣
Thanks again ❤
Brooke has always been my spiritual crush since the first album....she keeps my standards high
Hahaha oddly I understand this
What is a spiritual crush?!
Brooke 🤗 gostei bastante da entrevista . Brasil 🇧🇷💕
Jen- the back yard look awesome and seems like amazing place to hangout
Gostei bastante da entrevista com a Brooke , ri muito. Brasil 😅☺
This was a very educational video, thank you 👌
love hearing about the prayer opener on the new Hillsong Album....!
Hi. Blessings. Do you know the name of this new album Brooke was referring too?
Gostei bastante da participação da Brooke . Brasil
Thank you so much for amazing insights
Your the Best Brooke...
Lmao this is so so funny 😂 I can tell she was so nervous
The name is jesus Christ hallelujah🙌
Great Interview
Beautiful interview. Let God be glorified
She has the oddest sense of humour in the most relatable way. Yet the way she speaks is penetrating to the bones knowing that the Word of God is alive in her.
if you have all the money to pay for people take care of your stuff for you to live your potential that's cool... but regular non rich leaders don't have that! most of them have full time job // so very good advice Jenn//you are a really smart woman
Wow! Amazing
Brooke, I really think you’re so cool!✝️😊
thank you Brooke and Jen this is so inspiring
His reading Jenna and giving her folly wisdom to get the bait.
Wow que hermosa entrevista 🆓🙂✝️🇲🇽🕊️🔥🔅✨
Love Brooke (& Taya) :D
why is there no angle close up on her?
some feelings are true and given by God
This was FULL OF GOLD!!! Thank you!!
25:31 LOVE THIS PART
I loved the book brother Andrew
Thank you
OMG that was hilarious. 😂11:00
I hope you may see what he gives to them the wicked wine called “ jay -Die” he refers too.
great ladies - I prefer bethel music in general tho more anointed and more prophetic - hillsongs is more mainstream
God bless Brooke but did anyone else die laughing thinking she said booze instead of boos? 😂😂
Haha, yes i did 😂
so good
❤️
2 people that really admire themselves quite a lot
@JeSuS iS kInG ???
Correct
Beautiful ✌️♥️
@ 21 minutes topic: unity
❤
Brooke you and I are 1
Hermosa
Cameraman didn’t know what he was doing. Camera didn’t focus on Brooke at all when she was talking
did brooke feel still home is sydney
Yes I m in Facebook Rohit goswami
😊😙💙
AmeriChristian my love
Subtitulos en español???????
YES!!!!
I love you ❤
jeen johnson cotonets of clean listen irresistible formosura girl jenn johnson eli jacquard sao paulo brasil 04-11-2020
shouldnt we make a big deal if our kids see Jesus
Love honey rock
51:04
1 Juan 1:9 confesa los pecados.
I need Jesus thoughts because the ignorant brain i had is still jumping out from around the corners of my learning. Please pray for me. I know that name you see is bad and i have 30 profiles at least running from the evil I AM Q
Maybe you know me
MQREYQUKNQW
1 John 1:9 confess the sins.
Enslaving her
I wish Brooke were more discerning about her associations, especially with Bethel. Pull back the curtain, and see yet another cult posing as a "Christian" megachurch. Read up on the N.A.R., the cultic practices of their school, and the efforts of the school to separate students from their parents and families. If you don't know about these things, I understand why you would react to what I've said. If you've had the misfortune of being part of a cultic church or abusively controlling one, in doctrine or actual practices, you will quickly recognize and understand the patterns.
She’s just as bad
I pray God pulls Brooke out of this ungodly environment and bad company. The way she sings and song writes, I believe one day God will pull her out of Hillsong Church and from rubbing shoulders with the likes of Bethel Church. I love these people but they totally hate Jesus. I refuse to believe Brooke is like them. Please brothers and Sisters, pray for be Brooke to leave behind false ministries. She truly has a heart for the Lord. I was once apart of a false ministry too any God rescued me. If God did it for me He can and will do it for you and Brooke! I Jesus Christ Mighty name we ask this of The Father. Amen 🙏🏽.
Sincerely,
Pastor Chris
❤️✝️🕊️
God is good.
“Jesus Christ said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Mark 16:15 KJV
Listen to what she said to the poor woman who said she felt overlooked. She said oh that’s God not people - that’s not your destiny to be chosen, you have to wait. Is that proper advice? She’s just as much part of it - listen to her talking about how her songs change the world and are parables and epiphanies. And yet only in 2019 did they sing the gospel. I’m not so sure she’s all she’s cracked up to be
@jenn
Oppressing her
Faith is one of those words that is commonly used but not always understood. Some of that confusion comes from the many different ways the word faith is used in everyday conversation; a quick look at Dictionary.com shows seven different uses! One common way that people use the word faith is to refer to belief in something despite lacking any evidence for it. But is that what the Bible means by faith? The answer is a resounding no! So, when the Bible uses the word faith, what does it mean?
The closest that the Bible comes to offering an exact definition is Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” From this particular passage we see that the central feature of faith-confidence or trust. In the Bible, the object of faith is God and his promises. A clear example of this is Abram's encounter with God in Genesis 15. In response to God's promise of countless descendants, Abram “believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness” (Gen 15:6). Commenting on this, the Apostle Paul writes, “No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised” (Rom 4:20-21). Thus, faith means putting your trust in God and having confidence that he will fulfill his promises. Faith is more than intellectual agreement. To use an old illustration, imagine you are at Niagara Falls watching a tightrope walker push a wheelbarrow across the rope high above the falls. After watching him go back and forth several times, he asks for a volunteer to sit in the wheelbarrow as he pushes it across the falls. At an intellectual level, you may believe that he could successfully push you across the rope over the falls, but you are not exercising biblical faith until you get in the wheelbarrow and entrust yourself to the tightrope walker.
Genuine biblical faith expresses itself in everyday life. James writes that “faith by itself, apart from works, is dead” (James 2:17). Faith works through love to produce tangible evidence of its existence in a person's life (Gal 5:6). Put another way, the obedience that pleases God comes from faith (Rom 1:5, 16:26), rather than a mere sense of duty or obligation. There is all the difference in the world between the husband who buys his wife flowers out of delight and one who buys them simply out of duty.
Faith is so important because it is the means by which we have a relationship with God: “For by grace you have been saved through faith” (Eph 2:8). Faith is how we receive the benefits of what Jesus has done for us. He lived a life of perfect obedience to God, died to pay the penalty for our sinful rebellion against God, and rose from the dead to defeat sin, death, and the devil. By putting our faith in him, we receive forgiveness for our sins and the gift of eternal life.
So, faith means relying completely on who Jesus is and what he has done to be made right with God.
Faith is choosing to believe
First of all, the Christian faith professes an unreserved belief in the Bible, God’s Word to mankind - true, tested and unchanging. Faith is also full and unreserved confidence in God, in His love for me, and in His power to help me whatever comes my way in life. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6.
Faith is a choice. I need faith to become a Christian. I choose to believe in Jesus Christ, that He died for my sins, and that by believing in Him, my sins will be forgiven. The promise is clear. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. It is faith in a Person that saves a believing soul, not faith in a particular philosophy or a code of rules.
Every Christian will agree that salvation is a gift, not something we attain to by our own efforts. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9. To acknowledge my sin and repent from it is the first and vital step. But I still cannot save myself! “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23. To receive this gift, I must believe in and personally accept God’s gift to me in His Son. The forgiveness of sins is a wonderful beginning, and brings great joy to every true believer in Jesus. It is no small thing to have the burden and guilt of sin removed from my conscience!
What comes next?
So I am saved by grace through an act of faith. I choose to believe. Then what? Do I still need faith? Yes! If I want to live a life that pleases the Savior I have believed in. Though the guilt of sin is gone, the indwelling sin in my nature will still be the cause of many temptations. The next verse in Ephesians 2 tells us what God’s thoughts are for us after our initial experience of salvation. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10. So God has something far greater, and even more wonderful in mind for us after we have believed Him for forgiveness.
It is also written in Romans 5:10: “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” Jesus’ life was a life of action. “Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.” Hebrews 5:8. To be saved by His life, I need a faith that leads me to action. Paul calls it the obedience to the faith. (Romans 1:5)
Jesus is our great Forerunner, and the author and finisher of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2) All the heroes of faith in the old covenant acted on their faith. They did something. Every one of them believed - and acted! By faith Noah prepared an ark, by faith Abraham obeyed, and so on. (Hebrews 11)
Go to action!
John writes simply: “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4. It is this light of Jesus’ life that I need to walk in - go to action! If I really want to obey God’s good laws of life found in His Word, I will soon find myself in a battle
Almost all talk of battles and wars when concerning a Christian life refers to the inner battle that arises when a sinful thought tempts you. God’s Spirit and the flesh are at odds. When you have decided to only do...
, a battle against the sin the light reveals. This is the good fight of faith!
To win this battle, I need to believe in a power outside of myself, in the power of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus Who has promised that He can save me, and that to the uttermost. (Hebrews 7:25) This ongoing salvation is a work of faith. It has nothing to do with my feelings, which can go up and down like a yo-yo. But when I believe God, and set my heart to obey, even against my feelings or my human understanding, then God goes to action too! He sends grace and help in time of need, and all honor for the salvation gained belongs to Him!
Faith opens the door to a victorious life! By faith, we can truly overcome as He overcame! “This is the victory that overcomes the world - our faith.” 1 John 5:5. I believe in His power to save. I believe that when I take up my cross and deny myself as Jesus did, or as the Scriptures also put it, am “crucified with Christ,” I will be victorious over sin and self. “I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20.
Faith is a precious possession! As we said to start with, it is not visible or tangible. However, Jesus said to doubting Thomas: “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29. Peter writes about this blessedness also. “… whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:8-9. The result of a living faith is both visible and tangible! The disciples saw it and touched it in Jesus, and our calling as Christians is to come to this same joyful and glorious life - by faith! 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 7 And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power. Come join us at Arundel Christian Church web site every Sunday morning LIVE!!!
I love these ladies, but to start an interview talking about vomiting?! How sweet!
flies are Gods creation yeah?