Teaching: The other area that Christians ought to have a MIND CHANGE is on what is Christianity. Christianity is not a RELIGION. It is a RELATIONSHIP with God through Christ. God is PERSONAL. We need to do daily devotions to strengthen our personal relationship with Him & have fellowship with Him. If we have fellowship with God first, we won't have problems in having fellowship with others. How do we do this? Read the Word of God daily, take a digestible portion. Meditate on His Word day & night; hide the Word of God in your heart so that you will not sin against God; obey the Word, live by faith not by sight or logic, pray the Word & speak the Word. This way, you will be on the same page with God. You will walk as He walks, talk as He talks, think as He thinks, feel for others as He feels for them. God bless you all. Heaven Rules.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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