Leaders in our Churches stress too much about ethics or
moral rules, living good life,doing good works. Actually, morality should be
the outcome, not the first. We must know that all moral (ethic)-rule keepers tend
to look and find themselves good by comparing themselves to those who don’t
keep these rules. This keeps them blind about ‘sin’ the Bible say and consider themselves ‘not sinners’. This
prevent them follow the required condition the and do not need to confess and
invite Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. As such, we fail to receive God’s
Grace and blessing through the Holy Spirit.
This is not the right approach – keeping the Cart before the
bull, as some preachers say. The right approach is to know God and His love
revealed in Jesus Christ. One must first believe and accept Jesus Christ as
Lord and Saviour. For this, one must follow the steps mention in the Bible. The
Bible say –
“If we claim to be without
sin, we deceive ourselves and the
truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim
we have not sinned, we make him
out to be a liar and his
word is not in us.” (1 John 1:8-10)
“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and
it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who
believes in him will never be put to shame.” (Roman 10:9-11)
Step 1. Admit that you are sinner, and confess; 2. Ask forgiveness of God for your sin; 3.
Believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sin, so that God will forgive
your sin and rose again from the dead, which open the way to God for you and
make you God’s child; 4. Invite Jesus and declare that you have accepted Him as
Lord and Saviour ; 5. Thank Him for that and ask Him to give you the Holy
Spirit. Then all the blessings of God will come through the Holy Spirit in
Jesus name.
This is the right approach. Without doing this and receiving Jesus
Christ first no one will become a good Christian. Preaching ethic or morality first left us in ‘stagnant’
position in our spiritual standard. As such, there are no differences among us –
we all are same in spiritual standard. No one receive the gifts of the spirit, the
power, which Jesus promised to His followers in Acts 1:8
“But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
The Holy Spirit is the Power come from
God to help the believers of Jesus Christ. God help believers through the Holy
Spirit in Jesus name. When the Holy Spirit lives in the believer, He guides and
helps the believer to have Christ-like character. The believer is bound to
change and will be able to live a good life and do good works.
So, let’s pray that God may give us the
power , which our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ promise His followers.
Write ‘Amen’ if you pray. God bless you.
