KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:
Living in His love, through things like encouragement, lends to joy and peace together as members of the Body of Christ.
Embrace the brotherly love we are called to live in. It’s what makes life worth living. It’s what fills our cup, and the cup of others around us.
How will you “spend” today? Will you do SOMETHING TODAY for the glory of God before letting your head hit the pillow? (hint, encouragement counts)
To whom much is given, much is required.
Ignorant vs. Willful Sinning – blog 8/3/23
Jesus’ parable is where we get the saying, “To whom much is given, much is required.” This is essentially the substance of James 4:17. To carry this thought out a bit further, consider that the more God sanctifies us (ala Philippians 1:6), the more responsible we become to doing the right thing since we know better.
The more we understand God’s will, the more liable we are to obey Him.
We can no longer expect the same kind of leniency from God once we’re convicted of the Truth. As I’ve taught my congregation in the past, this minimally manifests as God the Holy Spirit using our good conscience to haunt us whenever we willfully sin. If that doesn’t turn us around, then God only knows what kind of discipline is in store for us.
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
-Hebrews 10:31