Are we of Jesus? Either we are 100% of Jesus or we are deceiving ourselves and the others!

[Leonardo Von]

    Are we of Jesus? Either we are 100% of Jesus or we are deceiving ourselves and the others!

•    “Wisdom cries… because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention; but you have despised all my advice, and would have none of my warning, I also will laugh at your trouble; I will mock when your fear comes; when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest; when trouble and pain come upon you.” (Proverbs 1.20,24-27).

If we are only 99,99% of Jesus, we truly appertain to Ha-Satan. But, how can we assess our spiritual condition?

1 – When Jesus (the wisdom of the Creator – Colossians 2.3) calls us, we come to Him with alacrity, or we draw back?

2 – When Jesus stretches out His hand to ask our help, do we take heed to it? Or we behave exactly as the priest and the Levite of Luke 10.31,32 who, when saw the moribund man, passed by on the other side. 

3 – When Jesus stretches out His hand to help us, do we pay attention to it? Or we turn a blind eye to His succour and try to sort out our predicaments in according to our contrivances? May Jesus free us from look on His ways as not equal (Ezekiel 18.25,29) and try to solve the problems making alliances that dissatisfy Him (as did Ahaz – Isaiah 7.11-13; 2Kings 16.7). 

Recall: even if our methods resolve the problem, they never works the salvation of Christ in us, let alone in people around us. 

4 – When Jesus advice us, we accept or deprecate it? I know that the way of Jesus, for the natural man, they are foolishness unto him (1Corinthians 2.14). Notwithstanding, it is what allow Him to work His wonders that corroborate His word (Mark 16.20).

5 – When Jesus admonish us, we give in to it or disparage it (or worst: rebel against it)?

•    “My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: for whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” (Proverbs 3.11,12).

Remember: problem isn’t a natural thing. Therefore, don’t get used to them: go to Jesus, hear His voice, procure His gift, talents and spiritual guns and enjoy a victorious supernatural week walking from faith to faith (Romans 1.17), from glory to glory (2Corinthians 3.18), from grace to grace (2Peter 3.18).

[Daniel Marsh]

2 Peter 1
Easy-to-Read Version
1 Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ.

To all of you who share in the same valuable faith that we have. This faith was given to us because our God and Savior Jesus Christ always does what is good and right.

2 Grace and peace be given to you more and more, because now you know God and Jesus our Lord.

God Has Given Us Everything We Need
3 Jesus has the power of God. And his power has given us everything we need to live a life devoted to God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus chose us by his glory and goodness, 4 through which he also gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With these gifts you can share in being like God. And so you will escape the ruin that comes to people in the world because of the evil things they want.

5 Because you have these blessings, do all you can to add to your life these things: to your faith add goodness; to your goodness add knowledge; 6 to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add patience; to your patience add devotion to God; 7 to your devotion add kindness toward your brothers and sisters in Christ, and to this kindness add love. 8 If all these things are in you and growing, you will never fail to be useful to God. You will produce the kind of fruit that should come from your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who don’t grow in these blessings are blind. They cannot see clearly what they have. They have forgotten that they were cleansed from their past sins.

10 My brothers and sisters, God called you and chose you to be his. Do your best to live in a way that shows you really are God’s called and chosen people. If you do all this, you will never fall. 11 And you will be given a very great welcome into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, a kingdom that never ends.

12 You already know these things. You are very strong in the truth you have. But I am always going to help you remember them. 13 While I am still living here on earth, I think it is right for me to remind you of them. 14 I know that I must soon leave this body. Our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that. 15 I will try my best to make sure you remember these things even after I am gone.

We Saw Christ’s Glory
16 We told you about the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. We told you about his coming. The things we told you were not just clever stories that people invented. No, we saw the greatness of Jesus with our own eyes. 17 Jesus heard the voice of the great and glorious God. That was when he received honor and glory from God the Father. The voice said, “This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him.” 18 And we heard that voice. It came from heaven while we were with Jesus on the holy mountain.[a]

19 This makes us more sure about what the prophets said. And it is good for you to follow closely what they said, which is like a light shining in a dark place. You have that light until the day begins and the morning star brings new light to your minds. 20 Most important of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in the Scriptures comes from the prophet’s own understanding. 21 No prophecy ever came from what some person wanted to say. But people were led by the Holy Spirit and spoke words from God.

Footnotes
2 Peter 1:18 This event is described in the Gospels. See Mt. 17:1-8; Mk. 9:2-8; Lk. 9:28-36.
1 Peter 5
2 Peter 2
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[Faith-Not-Fear]

Yes, we need to assess our faith and daily commitment to do God's will.  I believe many people are deceiving themselves that they are saved when they actually have a "head knowledge" like I did after I graduated from a christian high school. Jamess 2:19 KJV Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Phil 2:12 KJV Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

2Pe 1:10 KJV Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 

Matt 7:20 KJV "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them". Can others see fruits demonstrating that Jesus in us or do they see a person living like a ungodly unbeliever with rotten, putrid fruit?

Thank you for your hard work, encouragement and all your posts.

[missmuffet]

We are either 100% with Christ or we are with Satan. There is no inbetween.

[Daniel Marsh]

On 11/10/2021 at 8:46 PM, missmuffet said:

We are either 100% with Christ or we are with Satan. There is no in between.

On Mondays there is.