Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 14:17, “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”
By observing Paul’s interaction with the saints in the New Testament letters, we can see that he was always careful to speak in a way that preserved the liberty of the saints (Philem. 12-14; Rom. 1:11-12; 2 Cor. 8:7-8).
Study the fine points in Paul’s dealing with the churches, and you will see a relationship between an apostle and the saints in which freedom was maintained.
Friend, for freedom Christ set us free!
We are all here willingly.
There is no forcing or compelling.
There are no unspoken or hidden agendas.
There is not an expected way to meet or practice the church.
Whether we meet this way or that way, as long as Christ is not nullified, we are all happy.
This is to be in the reality of the kingdom of God, which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
We are not here with formed ideas and concepts, or even the scriptural way to practice the church.
Of course, nothing is wrong with the scriptural way of gathering believers.
But what is more important is the way these kinds of things are handled, because it determines whether the atmosphere of freedom is preserved or lost.
If freedom is lost, then Christ is nullified, and the Spirit cannot operate.
Spiritually speaking, everything comes to a halt, even though outwardly the meetings and activity of the church life continue.
This is why it is so serious for the law to come into the church in any form.
It kills the ability of the Spirit to be released and the ability of the divine love to flow.
This happened among the Galatians.
When the saints were put under a yoke of slavery, they discovered that they not only lost the love between themselves, but they were also biting and devouring one another.
They were consuming one another because the freedom was lost (Gal. 5:14-15).
When freedom returns, Christ returns, and love toward all the saints returns.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
FRIDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Linda Alexander
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