Dualistic Structure2 (Dilemma Of Christian Life) [1 John 2:15-17] / Anne's Column of Faith

 

 

 

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Dualistic Structure2

(Dilemma Of Christian Life) 

[1 John 2:15-17] 

/Anne's Column of Faith

 

/ By Pastor Priscilla

 

 

"Do not love the world

or anything in the world.

 

 

If anyone loves

the world, the love

of the Father is not

in him.

 

 

For everything in the

world the cravings

of sinful man,

 

 

the lust of his eyes

and the boasting of

what he has and does

 

 

comes not from the

Father but from

the world.

 

 

The world and

its desires pass away,

 

 

but the man who does

the will of God lives

forever. "

 (1 John 2:15-17)

 

 

There are two types

of citizens in this world:

 

 

citizens of heaven

and those of the world.

 

 

While I live in this world,

there is a question that

comes to me repeatedly:

 

 

"Will I follow God's will? 

Or will I follow the

world's will?” 

 

 

But the Lord said,

 

 

"Do not love the world

 or anything in the world.

 

 

For everything

in the world the cravings

of sinful man,

 

 

the lust of his eyes

and the boasting of

what he has and does

 

 

 comes not from the Father

but from the world.

 

 

These things

belong to the world.

Once the world

 

 

and its desires

pass away like dust,

they get to disappear

without any trace.

 

 

But, the one who fears God

looking to him and does

the will of God lives

forever with his words."

 

 

Remembering these words,

every day, I make my mind

to live a life of victory in God.

 

 

If so, as a person with the

citizenship of Heaven,

How should I live

in this world?

 

 

 1) As a Christian to live

a consecrated life, it is 

important to remember

that there are responsibilities

and obligations to be one.

 

 

When I' m asked to do

something worldly, I should

refuse that definitely.

 

 

 2) I should not compromise

with the worldly.

 

 

The reason why I should

not do that is that the

world is a moment,

 

 

and the kingdom 

of God is eternal.

  

 

 3) I should not justify

what is not worthy

of God's will.

 

 

In other words,

I should not self-rationalize

by substituting my will

into God's will.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Gracious Lord.

I admit there are times

I love  and love the world

more than You.

 

 

But, You said:

 

 

"Do not conform

any longer to the

  pattern of this world."

 

 

I confess that

there are times

I' m not a real Christian

 

 

and act like a person

who belongs

to the world,

 

 

dwelling on the

corruption in the world

caused by evil desires,

 

 

Also, I find myself busy

 with worldly affairs.

 

 

Please, let me have

wisdom from You,

 

 

and guide me to be 

a real christian whose 

citizenship is in Heaven.

 

 

Amen.

 

 

 

1992/05/17(Mon)

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

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Anne's Review

 

 / By Priscilla

 

This was one of my diaries 

 I kept in 1992,

 

 

when I was refined

and testedharshly by God,

and I've posted it again.

 

 

In those days,

when I read the Bible daily,

God let me experience

the special grace  that the

written words of God

turned into the spoken

words of God,

 

 

which is called, -'Rhema'. 

 How wonderful and gracious!

 

 

I always remember

the wonderful moments

when I met Him in His words.

 

 

I kept such a gracious time

with God in my spirit and

also left it in my diary,

  whenever I met Him

in His words.

 

 

Even though I live with

wordly people on this earth,

as a distinctly chosen

people of God,

 

 

I will live a vitorious life

in this world confidently

and proudly, never

losing my self-esteem

until l go to heaven,

 

 

just as the smelt living

in the sea finally returns

to the river that is its

original hometown

 

 

while going through

various hardships in its

overflowing.

 

 

These are my lessons

I've gotten from my life

of faith at a cost of

great sacrifice.

 

 

 God, who is good, knows

the wishes of each one of us,

and until the day we fulfill

our hopes,

 

 

he will be with us all

the time to strengthen

our weaknesses

 

 

and also fill our lacknesses

refining us and testing our

hearts unless we give up

trust in God. 

 

 

 

2007/10/20 

 

/ By Priscilla.