Daily Bread - APR/13/07
Philippians 1:9-11 - And this I pray that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and discernment. For you to examine the things that differ that you may be pure and blameless unto the day of Christ. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
God has equipped us by Christ Jesus to be pure and blameless unto the day of the Christ (1 Corinthians 1:8; Philippians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Peter 3:14). But in order for us to remain spotless we must be willing to allow God's love to influence every decision that we make. It is essential that the love of God govern our every action; otherwise, our own self-interest and ambition will take over and our judgment will be tainted. God wants us to test things out and make sure that it is the product of His love. Through the governorship of His word and the love of the Spirit that has been given to us, He has equipped us with the ability to know the difference between good and evil (Hebrews 5:14; Psalms 119:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:13).
If we allow the love of God to preside over us then we will be able to make the proper distinction of things. We must be willing to keep ourselves in the love of God and realize that without it we will not have proper discernment in the decisions that we make (Jude 21; 1 John 4:16). If the fruits of righteousness are going to be manifested in our lives then we must be willing to abide in His love (John 15:10). When we come to realize that love works no evil then we can understand how that as we remain in this love we will remain pure and blameless (Romans 13:10). Let the love of God move you and inspire you in every decision that you make.
Be Blameless!
Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org
About Me
- Carol L
- San Diego area, California, United States
- I started this blog back in 2005, but in 2006 began dedicating it solely for the purpose of posting email messages called, Daily Bread, sent out Monday through Saturday by my pastor, Mark Spitsbergen. These daily emails contain fresh revelation that Mark gets from the Word of God by the Holy Spirit for that day for the church that God has called him to pastor, Abiding Place. 1 Peter 4:11 says, "If any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God gives that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, (John 14:6), and He says, "The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are Life." (John 6:63). For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
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