Holified by the Spirit

 

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“When I confess my sin, the Father forgives me because of the blood of the Son and the indwelling Holy Spirit cleanses me of my sin. Therefore, I will no longer live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”

Zechariah 13:1
“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness."

 In the Bible, the word “fountain” refers to a stream or a river. According to Jewish tradition, natural water from a stream or river is called living water. Orthodox Jews use natural water in their mikvahs (baptismal fonts) for ceremonial cleaning. When a person immerses themself in the mikveh and rises again they are considered to be as a child newly born. Living water is a symbol of new life and cleansing.

To the woman at the well in Samaria, Jesus said, "He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in him would receive. So, if the Holy Spirit is likened to living water, then it is the Holy Spirit who gives me new life in Christ and cleanses me of my sins. When I received Jesus as Lord and Saviour I was born again – like a child newly born. The Holy Spirit entered my body. My body became the temple of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit dwells in my mortal flesh.

The Holy Spirit is, well… holy. That is, he is righteous, pure and sanctified. When I was born again, the righteousness of God entered me by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the imputation of God’s righteousness in me. The Son of God, Jesus, was sinless. Yet God imputed my sin in him at Calvery so that by faith in his death and resurrection and by confessing him as Lord, I might be imputed with God’s righteousness. That righteousness comes from the Holy Spirit. I have been holified by the indwelling Holy Spirit.

The holiness (or righteousness) of the Holy Spirit in me eradicates my sin. When I confess my sin, the Father forgives me because of the blood of the Son while the indwelling Holy Spirit cleanses me of my sin.

Therefore, I will no longer live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

God-tracking is living by the Spirit.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
John 7:38-39
Romans 8:11
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 10:9
1 John 1:9
Romans 8:5

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Help me to daily set my mind on things of the Spirit.”

“Lord I confess and repent of my sin. Thank you that you forgive me and thank you that your indwelling Holy Spirit purges me of all uncleanness. Today I drink from the fountain of Living Water. Help me to daily set my mind on things of the Spirit. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

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Faith Is Contagious

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“If you know Christ as Lord then you have a responsibility to spread this Good News to those around you so that they too may have the chance to be infected with faith. Faith is contagious but we need to open our mouths before it will spread.”

Acts 5:42
Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

Covid-19 has probably been the most universally transmitted viral infection the world has eve
r known. As the original strain has modified with every mutation, it has become increasingly contagious. We pray for those who have suffered the ills of this pandemic. We pray for healing, sustenance and restoration.

As drastic as this pandemic has been it has got me thinking about the gospel. The Scripture tells us that the word of God propagates faith. That is, faith becomes contagious if God’s word is spread. Faith is a very contagious commodity that, once contracted, will change a person’s life for the good, for good. The message of Christ is the Good News that Jesus took the consequences of sin upon himself when he died in our place on the cross. The grace of God is shown by Jesus’ death and resurrection and we are saved by grace through faith. Faith is contagious but, unlike Covid-19, contacting faith results in life not death! And this message is spread through the lips of those who have already been infected with faith.

Jesus commissioned us to be his witnesses throughout the world. If you know Christ as Lord then you have already moved from condemnation to mercy, from legal bondage to grace and from a death sentence to abundant life. If you know Christ as Lord then you are contaminated with faith, a faith that comes by the Good News. If you know Christ as Lord then you have a responsibility to spread this Good News to those around you so that they too may have the chance to be infected with faith. Faith is contagious but we need to open our mouths before it will spread.

God-tracking is spreading the Good News

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Romans 10:14-17
Romans 3:23-24
Romans 6:23
Romans 10:8-11
Matthew 28:18-20

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Take me as I am. Today I choose to build my life on your words.

“O my Lord, thank you that the Good News of the message of Christ has developed faith in me. That Good News is the news that Jesus died and rose again to set me free from sin, Satan and death. Your word has commissioned me to spread this Good News at every chance I have. Help me to share my faith as much as I can. Help me to not cover my lips with my hand but share your word boldly. Help me to always be ready to spread the Gospel so that those around me will contract faith by my words. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS USING WORDS WISELY

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“May we fill our hearts with God’s Word to ensure that, that which ensues from our lips is true, honourable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise.”

Proverbs 16:24

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me! Did you ever blurt that old saying out as a kid when someone insulted you or called you a name? I did. The truth is, I can still remember some of those incidences. Words did hurt me.

My late father-in-law, Neil Bellamy, told a story of the effect that words can have on our thinking. In his day, he was the senior manager of a large drawing office in a mining company in Johannesburg, South Africa. One day he was discussing with a colleague about the power of words and how a simple suggestion could have a great effect on the hearer. “I’ll show you what I mean,” said Neil. He promptly walked across the drawing office to an unsuspecting draftsman, hard at work at his board. “Dave,” he said, “are you feeling okay?”

“Why?” replied Dave.  “I feel fine.”

“You sure? You look really peaky. I think you should sit down for a moment. Can I get you a glass of water?”

For the next half hour Neil continued to make suggestions to Dave that he might be feeling a little off-colour until Dave finally agreed and asked if he could take the rest of the day off. My dear dad-in-law needed to apologise profusely. “I’m really sorry, Dave,” you look fine. I was just trying to prove a point.”

The word, “words” appears 518 times in the English Standard Version of the Bible, while the word, “word” appears 1,182 times. The Scriptures are full of words about words. For instance, wisdom is personified in Proverbs 8, implying that we who desire to seek and track God’s purposes, should agree with wisdom and speak as she speaks: “All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.” In Proverbs 18 we read that life and death are in the power of the tongue.

James expounds the danger of tongue when, by the Holy Spirit, he says, “It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”

As we desire to seek and track the plans and purposes of God for our lives, let us be willing to bridle our tongues. May we fill our hearts with God’s Word to ensure that, that which ensues from our lips is true, honourable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise.

God-tracking is using words wisely

READ ALL ABOUT ITProverbs 8:1-11
Proverbs 18:21
James 3:2-12
Luke 6:45
Philippians 4:8
Psalm 141:3

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lip, I pray

 “O LORD, forgive me for all the times I have used my tongue to hurt, insult or curse others. I confess wrong use of words, to you. I realise that it is by confession that I am saved – Lord help me to only confess what is true, noble and praise worthy. I also, reject and renounce all negative and destructive words that have been spoken over me. You are Lord of my life; my life is in you. Therefore, I trust your Word over me, as your son/daughter. Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lip, I pray. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS RELISHING IN FORGIVENESS

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13 November 2015

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS RELISHING IN FORGIVENESS

Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

A story is told of two brothers who went to their rabbi to settle a longstanding dispute. The rabbi got the brothers to reconcile their differences and shake hands. As they were making their way to the door, he asked each one to make a wish for the other in honor of the Jewish New Year. The elder brother turned to the younger and said, "I wish you what you wish me." The younger man threw up his hands and said, "See, Rabbi, he's starting up again!"

Throughout the New Testament we see how Jesus forgave people. For example the woman caught in adultery, the woman with the alabaster jar and the criminal who was crucified with him. As we read we notice there is no sin too great to be forgiven. In fact, I believe all sin is equal in the eyes of God, because all sin is evil and God is infinitely good. The word sin means to miss the mark. It’s a bit like playing a game of darts. If you aimed at the bull’s eye but missed by one millimeter, you’ve missed the mark completely. Like the old English idiom, which says, “A miss is as good as a mile.” All sin is sin and all have sinned and missed God’s mark of perfect goodness, the result of which is eternal death. But there’s hope: “The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God has made a way for your forgiveness of all your sins though Jesus! No sin is too great for God to forgive. Come to him today in repentance and confession and trust in his eternal forgiveness.

However, there is one thing that can inhibit God’s forgiveness and that is your unforgiveness. Unforgiveness is a great stumbling block in the heart of man. Unforgiveness insults God’s forgiveness. It’s like two people stranded in the desert dying of thirst. Then a man appears with a large pitcher of water and the first thirsty man drinks all of it without offering any to his dying friend. Unforgiveness will destroy the one holding on to it.

So, if you’re reading this today as one who is guilty of sin then come quickly to the feet of Jesus in repentance and receive his forgiveness; nothing is to too great to be forgiven. If you’re reading this as a person wishing harm on another because of unforgiveness then come quickly to the feet of Jesus and confess forgiveness for your brother. Do this you will know the sheer liberty of being forgiven and forgiving.

God-tracking is relishing in forgiveness

Shalom

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…

Luke 7:36-50

John 8:1-10

Luke 23:39-43

Romans 3:23-24

Romans 6:23

Matthew 6:14-15

1 John 1:8-9

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Thank you, my Lord, for forging me and giving me the grace to forgive

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 “Oh God, I admit I have done stuff that I’m not proud of. I am deeply sorry for all my sin and choose to turn my back on all my wrongdoing. Some of my sins seem great in my eyes but I now know you view all sin as great. Thank you, my Lord, that you forgive me because of the work of Jesus at Calvary. I receive your forgiveness now with deep, deep gratitude. Help me never do these things again. But I know it doesn’t stop there. So I confess that I harbour unforgiveness against others, and I’m really sorry. I choose now to confess that I forgive these people with all my heart, in Jesus’ name. Help me to feel that forgiveness and to walk in it every day. Thank you, my Lord, for forging me and giving me the grace to forgive. Amen.”

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