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Monday, March 23, 2009
Zeal Without Knowledge In my line of work I see a lot of people hear the message of Jesus Christ and invite Him to live in their hearts. They become Christians. I love these moments! I love to see people hear about Jesus enough to realize they are indeed a sinner and need to be forgiven for their sins. It’s a beautiful thing to see them process in their heart all that He means to them in the moment they realize they don’t want to go another day outside of His will for their life. I love seeing the tears of joy that are often shed at the altar during this revelation. It’s an honor and personal joy to lead them in a prayer to ask Jesus to come into their heart and to live their forever. And then they leave the altar and return to their everyday normal life. I know what’s facing them because the Bible talks about this in the parable of the Sower found in Matthew 13. Matthew 13:18 says; “When anyone hears the message about the kingdom of God and does NOT understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.” In essence they hear the word, they accept it, they get all excited about it but then shortly after they fall away – satan snatches the word from their hearts. They want to follow God and they try to follow God, but the enemy is after him and they give in to him. In Romans 10:2, Paul talks about new believers who try to follow God, but they don’t know the right way. They want to do the right thing, but sin is right there with them. They have the zeal, but they don’t have the knowledge. They don’t know how to overcome the enemy. They don’t know how to access the power of the Holy Spirit and invite Him to dwell in their lives. They don’t know all the things to avoid that are not pleasing to God. They are unsure about putting on the full armor of God that will protect them during the spiritual battle we are in. They don’t even know that we are in a spiritual battle and that our enemy is real and he wants to kill and destroy us. Truth be known, maybe the “they” is really “you”. You have the passion to live for Christ and there have been times where you have been on fire for Him. But something happened and you find that you are dull, ineffective, spiritually dieing, and complacent. You had to learn the hard way that Zeal dies without Knowledge! So, what should you do? Start studying to gain the knowledge you need to continue being zealous for Christ. He wants you to be zealous for Him. He needs people who are full of passion and enthusiastic for Him and for the cause of spreading the gospel. But, and I do mean but. Before you go out into the world, make sure you have read the play book. Make sure you have the instructions you need to survive. Make sure you read his manual to know all that he expects and requires of anyone who represents Him. READ THE BIBLE!!! Can you dig it?!?! Word… P. Alex posted by Pasta' Alex # 2:22 PM   Comments: Post a Comment << Home |
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