Enduring Christianity
Discussing the joys AND challenges of sincerely following Jesus. Salvation in Jesus is a gift, but Jesus warns us of the temptations that can lure us away. Jesus said "Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my word endures forever." and "Only those who endure until the end will be saved." If your goal is ONLY to get to heaven then maybe despite your good intentions you're heading in the wrong direction? Maybe the direction is faithfully FOLLOWING Jesus and the result is Him? No, this is not a works based podcast! No, this is not an, "I go to Heaven because I earned it." This is a conversation about loving Jesus because he deserves my all.
Enduring Christianity
Born Again
There is a popular quote which states, "We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone." It's sad, but true, and too often it is no less true of the gifts which God has so generously placed in our lives. A selfishness for what WE want, or for how WE feel comfortable, can narrow our sight and lead us to become dismissive to the gifts God has placed in our lives. At times, the best thing for us is to painfully lose what we have been given in hopes of it being rebirthed with a greater sincerity of love for that which He has given.
Yes! God gives abundantly for our enjoyment! But specifically He gives for the purpose of our benefit. The benefit of His will being done in our lives may not always seem enjoyable, but take heart, the purest level of joy is found in the result of our Godly benefit. But, if our love grows cold, then often enough the moment of our greatest benefit is to then lose what we have been given, in order to birth in us again, an unquenchable love for that which God has given.
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, but He also takes away for the very intention of rebirthing an increased meaning of it in our lives. This is what we see when Jesus laid down His life; it was given back to him in the resurrection and all authority in heaven and on earth was given to Him. And this is what we see in this episode of, "Born Again."
“Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” (John 3:3)
