Bondman

Message #66

TO ENSURE NO ONE WAS MISLEAD:

In Message #62 I quoted this verse:

Luke Ch 17
10 Even so on your part, when you have done everything that was commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants; we have [merely] done what was our duty to do.

Is Jesus saying here that you get no 'credit' for even trying to be obedient and to do good? Not at all! It's simply to show clearly that we never can count on ANY WORTHINESS that we may think we have!

The best is to always consider yourself UNWORTHY - but making sure that you are NOT putting yourself down in doing this, i.e., feeling like you useless and hopeless. No, no. It is simply a choice of your mind and will to consider yourself as this - as Jesus so beautifully expressed it in the verse above: "Say, We are unworthy servants!" So, just say this and accept it as true for you. No emotions necessary! lol

Here's a lovely truth: we PLEASE Him when we engage in right-living and obeying what He says! I just LOVE to please Him. I guess that's kind of my life. And the wonderful plus here is: aiming to live this way, and relying on the Holy Spirit's help when you do, WILL move you forward in your Christian walk. I've reported here that I know I do actually have some righteousness in my life (tho I'm not much aware of it, and certainly don't know how much).

YOU can most assuredly have this too - and in fact one of your premier goals should be to work towards this in your walk with the Lord!! One of the ways to receive righteousness from the Lord is also set out in Message #62.

- BM with 'is Mrs

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Faithwoman

I loved it Fluffy.. Faith is allowing your soul to go beyond your eyes what you can see... Thank you so much. That is so appropriate in my life right now!

Robin

Fluffy

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Atonement

This is very interesting. I will continue to look at this and see how it
develops

Fluffy

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Atonement

Hey thanks Fluffy

Bondman

Hello from me too Atonement! Glad you could drop in! The Inner Room has been going for quite awhile cos this is the 3rd forum I've had it on, and it's really working well here. God is GOOD!!

This is probably because Christian Forum Site is unquesitonably the best Christian forum I've been on to date, well set up and excellently run. Somewhere round 60 to 80 people visit the Inner Room thread daily, and just a few post which is wonderful because that's the best way for a teaching thread like this to work.

Much love in Jesus!

- BM

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Faithwoman

Ok, I started reading Hebrews after Bondman's message These are what really hit me this morning:

25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching

Thank goodness for the meeting of the Inner Room..

35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. 36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37For in just a very little while,
"He who is coming will come and will not delay.
38But my righteous one[a] will live by faith.
And if he shrinks back,
I will not be pleased with him."[b]


I AM HOLDING ON LORD JESUS~! STRUGGLING BUT HOLDING ON!


6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."[a]
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Lastly:

12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13"Make level paths for your feet,"[a] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.


What powerful direction their is in the Lord's word.
I am so thankful for the direction I get from all of you here. It is at a point, that I surely could throw away my confidence.. but I will not! I will strengthen my feeble arms and weak knees.. no man is not going to take me down. By doing the will of God, I will receive what he promises..

Have a Blessed day!
Robin

Bondman

Message #67

LET'S ALL BECOME PEOPLE OF THE BOOK!

Now ya talkin', girl!!! Not that you haven't before, but this is how we ALL need to live our lives! The Bible is THE WORD OF GOD!!! God's Word/Words direct to US! And the NEW TESTAMENT specifically is our GUIDEBOOK to our life in Christ!

Folks, unless we dare to READ IT we are walking blind, stumbling round in the dark, and wondering why our walk with Him is nowhere near like it should be!

I understand that you may feel that it's not all that easy to read without help. But unless we start, then it will always be like that! Let me randomly take two verses Robin quoted from Hebrews Ch 10:

35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

We all like rewards. Our confidence will be richly rewarded, it says. So, confidence in what? Sounds like confidence in God, right! And the verses before this, which I just went and checked out, indicate that it is talking about confidence that God is our God and that we are safe in His hands. Works for me!!!

36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

We need to persevere and not give in. That's clear enough. So that when we've done the will of God - obeying Him - we'll receive what He's promised (such as the rich reward in v. 35). And this time the verses AFTER that show that the promise will be received after we've run our race, or when Jesus returns if that comes first.

The New Testament is not as hard to read and understand as many think. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you to understand! - and read with faith and trust in Him. Realise that the evil one WILL con you into keeping away from reading if he can! Cos he KNOWS how powerful it is! Life-changing!!

We Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ should be PEOPLE OF THE BOOK! But mostly we're not. We let other people tell us what it says, or what they THINK it says. Yes, even Bondman!! You have to learn to read it for yourself and LEARN WHAT IT SAYS, AND GROW TO MATURITY IN CHRIST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE WORD OF GOD FOR YOURSELF!!!

So check out what I say. If I don't give Scriptures (often I don't have room) then ASK ME! Then you can check for yourself if what I said is true to His Holy Word!!

- BM and his Love

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