This is another one of the
pieces I had emailed myself just to keep it for the future. That future is now.
Its as though I’d known I would end up a blogger the way I kept saving these
little babies. I recall I sent it to Thabiso after he told me of a woman who
sat at home for over a year saying she has salvation so God will drop a job on
a lap. That irritated me because she said these things to people who had very
little respect for Christians already and we were just a laughing stock because
of “salvation and faith”. I did not want to defend the Christian faith but to
just clarify what I had been taught salvation is nje.
This is my short summary of
what I think Salvation is, I've seen it become a complex topic and one highly
questionable, but like all other things, it can be simplified. Here goes:
1. Only Jesus has the real power to bring change in the lives of so many who were previously without hope [or living each and every day in the world's standard, so highly focused on things that don't profit, mature or challenge them to become better people].
2. And only Christ can give us what we so desperately lack [and often what we think we have or what we think we don't need], which is freedom from the penalty of sin.
3. Jesus replaces hearts focused on the things of this world, with hearts sensitive to the things of God [this should not be confused with some stupid things people do in the name of focusing on God and them replacing hard work and reality with faith].
4. Hearts which bear the fruits of a life saved from death [simply choosing all things 'death-related' in our lives, from thoughts, our language, right through to our habits and everything in between with the 'fruits of the Spirit' check Galatians 5:22 onwards].
As Christians we are filled with the Holy Spirit [check out John. 16:5-15].
Our lives after salvation take on a whole new view of the world and a new purpose and focus [purposed @ channelling us to be better people, spiritually, academically, financially, emotionally, psychologically, socially and ethically lol]. Sandra Refilwe Sello 22 November 2012
1. Only Jesus has the real power to bring change in the lives of so many who were previously without hope [or living each and every day in the world's standard, so highly focused on things that don't profit, mature or challenge them to become better people].
2. And only Christ can give us what we so desperately lack [and often what we think we have or what we think we don't need], which is freedom from the penalty of sin.
3. Jesus replaces hearts focused on the things of this world, with hearts sensitive to the things of God [this should not be confused with some stupid things people do in the name of focusing on God and them replacing hard work and reality with faith].
4. Hearts which bear the fruits of a life saved from death [simply choosing all things 'death-related' in our lives, from thoughts, our language, right through to our habits and everything in between with the 'fruits of the Spirit' check Galatians 5:22 onwards].
As Christians we are filled with the Holy Spirit [check out John. 16:5-15].
Our lives after salvation take on a whole new view of the world and a new purpose and focus [purposed @ channelling us to be better people, spiritually, academically, financially, emotionally, psychologically, socially and ethically lol]. Sandra Refilwe Sello 22 November 2012
Not too sure why I placed a
lol at the end there when I typed this but I’ll leave it there.
Thank you for your time.
P.S
“Fruits of the spirit are actions that come from maturity or spiritual growth.”
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