Pastor Athol Barnes
Don’t we all desire to live a life of eternal impact and to finish well for the glory of God?
Ultimately only God defines our impact; as a result, a life of impact for God must come out of a life of intimacy with God.
Sadly, so many people who start out well in life don’t finish well. So how do we finish life well?
The Apostle Peter writes this incredible statement in 2 Peter 1:3,
“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.”
If you have given your life to the Lordship of Jesus, then you have everything you need to live a life of impact.
Why then do we frequently struggle with the same familiar sins? Why don’t we see perfect Christians?
When a baby is born, that baby has all the genetic material of a fully functioning adult, but it is still a baby. It has some growing to do. In the same way, when you were born again, God gave you His presence in the form of the Holy Spirit. You received all of the Holy Spirit, not a small portion, but you have some growing to do.
Just like a baby shares the nature and genetic structure of its parents, so too, as a born-again believer, you and I share the divine nature of our God.
The real reason why we don’t see growth and holiness in our lives as believers is not because God is not in us or has failed to give us what we need. Rather, it is because we hold on to our old sin nature. We refuse to put to death the things of the world. We forget who we are in Christ. It is not the amount of the Holy Spirit in us that is in question. It is how much of us the Holy Spirit controls. As we yield to the prompting and the leadership and lordship of the Spirit over our lives, we access everything God has already given us, and we will live a life of impact. A fruitful life
Do you want to live a life of impact?
Pastor Athol Barnes
Don’t we all desire to live a life of eternal impact and to finish well for the glory of God?
Ultimately only God defines our impact; as a result, a life of impact for God must come out of a life of intimacy with God.
Sadly, so many people who start out well in life don’t finish well. So how do we finish life well?
The Apostle Peter writes this incredible statement in 2 Peter 1:3,
“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.”
If you have given your life to the Lordship of Jesus, then you have everything you need to live a life of impact.
Why then do we frequently struggle with the same familiar sins? Why don’t we see perfect Christians?
When a baby is born, that baby has all the genetic material of a fully functioning adult, but it is still a baby. It has some growing to do. In the same way, when you were born again, God gave you His presence in the form of the Holy Spirit. You received all of the Holy Spirit, not a small portion, but you have some growing to do.
Just like a baby shares the nature and genetic structure of its parents, so too, as a born-again believer, you and I share the divine nature of our God.
The real reason why we don’t see growth and holiness in our lives as believers is not because God is not in us or has failed to give us what we need. Rather, it is because we hold on to our old sin nature. We refuse to put to death the things of the world. We forget who we are in Christ. It is not the amount of the Holy Spirit in us that is in question. It is how much of us the Holy Spirit controls. As we yield to the prompting and the leadership and lordship of the Spirit over our lives, we access everything God has already given us, and we will live a life of impact. A fruitful life
Do you want to live a life of impact?