Inspiration
We Are Called to a Higher Standard
Acts 4:13, “…. and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” The Bible says in Psalm 51:5, “…. I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” By accepting our Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, we become new, “Born Again”. 2 Corinthians 5:17, “therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.
Saints, we are called to a higher standard in Christ Jesus. The old us have been washed with the blood of the Lamb. During a conversation with a friend, I realized even our very thoughts as Christians are sinful. He exposed some of the responses Christians have to various situations, I couldn’t believe it. One very famous response is; that’s how women are, that’s how men are and this becomes a defense for our wrong doings.
What about the fact that we are now Christians? There must be a conviction whenever there’s the desire to sin. Yes, he answered but if certain situation occur Christians will bend. Look at David he said. If a man is placed in a situation like David, he will bend and vice versa so would a woman. Beloved, the sins of the world have crept up into the Church. The very same sins the blood of Jesus has cleansed us from. Paul encouraged us this way, “let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,” Philippians 2:5. I pray we will be convicted by these words, “We are Called to a Higher Standard”.
God Bless.
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