“So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law” (Gal 5:1)
The Bishop had his “A” game on display at our provincial convocation last week ( I recommend listening to the Bishop’s 3 keynote addresses, as well as Bp. Lilly’s teaching at CTKSelma.org )
Bishop Chuck gave us a clarion call to possess the land by means of personal holiness. He made the point that the Lord commanded Israel to show no mercy to all the ‘ites in Canaan and we believers give way too much mercy to all the ‘ites of the flesh, listed in but not limited to those found in Gal 5: 19-20 (i.e, anger, jealousy, envy, etc…).
We explain away these ‘ites as part of the fall, our human nature or flaws in our personality. The question is, did Jesus really set us free, or, are we fooling ourselves? Either God’s word is true, and we have been set free, or it is not and we can all go fishing, as well as eating, drinking and trying to be merry…
The Bishop told us something that we must all take to heart, we who are hungry for revival. The Lord told Bishop Chuck to tell us “if we want something new from the Lord, then He is requiring something new from us”.
Oh, he will love us no matter what. He is in his essence love . . . But if we really want to see a change in our lives, in our families, in our church, the status quo must go. In Isaiah 43: 18, it says ” For I am about to do a brand new thing; see I have already begun. Do you not see it?” I believe a new thing has already begun and those who are willing to give Him something new are the ones who are going to see it.
We must stop showing mercy to the ‘ites of the flesh and as the scripture tells us, to put them to death as it says here in Galatians. We who love Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of our sinful nature to the cross and crucified them there (5:24). We need to give up control to the Holy Spirit and experience love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control, the fruit of the spirit-controlled life.
YTAT
Peace and Love,
Fr. Mike
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