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THE PATH AND ANSWERS
GOD'S PART: He gives a new MIND (LIGHT), a new FAMILY
(LOVED), and a new ME (LIFE)
Only He can deal with our moral blindness, insecurity,
and fleshly desires.
OUR PART: We must choose to deny our SELF , take up our
CROSS , and follow Him.
Only we can turn from our pride, self-sufficiency, independency, and half-
heartedness; and reach out in love to others.
It is up to us: we can walk as the old man walked with our lives revolving primarily around ourselves; or we can lose our lives and find them as we walk in the New Man, filled with Christ's life, with our lives revolving primarily around God and others!
GOD'S PART
WITH GOD'S __LIGHT__, WE CAN GO FROM___DARKENED___THINKING
TO ENLIGHTENED__ THINKING (ROM 12:2)
FROM REBELLION TO _SUBMISSION_ LORDSHIP OF GOD
(Eph 5:21)
MEANINGLESSNESS TO MEANING INTENTIONS OF GOD
(Eccl 3:11; Eph 1:11,12)
CREATURE-WORSHIP TO GOD-WORSHIP GREATNESS OF GOD
(Rom 1:21,25)
MORAL DARKNESS TO MORAL LIGHT HOLINESS__ OF GOD
(Eph 5:8,9)
DISUNITY TO UNITY TRIUNITY__ OF GOD
(Jn 17:21)
WITH GOD'S LOVE , WE CAN GO FROM ENSLAVING EMOTIONS TO
LIBERATING EMOTIONS (Matt 11:28-30; I Jn 4:18)
FROM FEELING REJECTED TO FEELING _ACCEPTED__ LOVED
(Heb 13:5) UNCONDITIONALLY
FEELING CONDEMNED TO FEELING _CLEANSED_ OPEN ACCESS
(I Jn 1:9; Rom 8:1; Heb 4:15) TO GOD
FEELING _WORTHLESS_ TO FEELING VALUABLE VALUED
(I Pet 1:18,19)
FEELING _ ANXIOUS _ TO FEELING PEACEFUL ETERNALLY
(Phil 4:6,7) CARED FOR
FEELING _FRUSTRATED TO FEELING JOYFUL DISCIPLINED
(Phil 4:4; James 1:2-4)
WITH GOD'S LIFE , WE CAN GO FROM SELF-LIFE TO CHRIST-LIFE (Galatians 2:20; II Peter 1:3,4)
FROM DEATH TO SPIRITUAL LIFE LIFE OF CHRIST
(Jn 11:25; Col 1:27)
BLINDNESS TO SPIRITUAL SIGHT ILLUMINATION
(Jn 8:12,16:13; I Cor 2:12)
EMPTINESS TO SPIRITUAL COMPLETENESS FULLNESS
(Jn 6:35; Col 2:9,10)
WEAKNESS TO SPIRITUAL POWER EMPOWERMENT
(Jn 11:25; Acts 1:8)
OUR PART
WE MUST DENY SELF, TAKE UP OUR CROSS (LK 9:23)
DENY SELF-DECEPTION (I Jn 1:8-10) CONFESS
SELF-RELIANCE (Prov 3:5,6) RELY
SELF-WILL (James 1:22) OBEY
SELF-SEEKING (Matt 6:33) SEEK GOD
SELF-SERVING (Phil 2:3,4) SACRIFICIALLY SERVE
AND SEEK TO REACH OUT IN LOVE (MATT 22:37-40)
TO GOD (John 14:21) LORD BECOMES LORD
TO OUR FAMILY (Col 3:18-21) OUR FAMILY IS A FAMILY
TO BODY OF CHRIST (ACTS 2:42-47) VITALITY IN CHURCH
TO OUR WORLD (MATT 28:19,20) EVANGELISM OF THE LOST
WILL YOU FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST ALONG THE PATH OF THE CROSS?
WILL YOU LEARN ALL YOU CAN ABOUT THE PATH?
WILL YOU FOLLOW THE PATH WHEREVER JESUS MAY LEAD YOU? (IN
YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE? IN YOUR IMPORTANT DECISIONS?)
A SIMPLE GOAL: MAKE GENUINE LOVE YOUR GOAL (I TIM 1:5). EVERYTHING LISTED ABOVE IS THE WAY TO GET TO THIS GOAL ---THE WAY OF THE CROSS! JESUS' CROSS TO OUR CROSS!
GOD'S GOALS? EPH 3:16-19; I PET 1:13-15
