Where is the Gospel That Dictates Change?
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17Devotional Series: Preparing for Persecution
Teaching: Preparing For Persecution pt. 6 (SUN_PM 2021-04-25) by Pastor Star R Scott
There’s going to be a line of demarcation in this hour that we are coming into of who are these “radical Christians” are and who are mainstream Christianity. Mainstream Christianity acknowledges Jesus but doesn’t relate to Him. Mainstream Christianity today will call His name Lord, Lord, and His response will be, “I never knew you: depart from Me you workers of iniquity.” Preach that and see why the world will hate you. There is no distinction being made here. Jesus makes no distinction between the apostate church and the world. They’re all of the same mindset, they are all moving in the spirit of anti-Christ. Here we are, we are not a big group, as you look around the nation today, as you look around the world today, few there are that find it; amen? Oh, we’re everywhere, but there are not a lot of us compared to the world’s population; over 7.8 billion. How many Christians do you think there are? Few there be, amen?
We don’t always know who the Christian leaders are because they’re the humble people, they’re not the show-offs, they’re not the great personalities; they’re not the superstars of Christianity. When you walk into the Christian bookstore and the pastor of one of the larger churches in the country is selling a diet book for twenty bucks, and it’s a best seller among Christians, something is wrong; amen? When our job is to speak the words of He that sent us, and to finish the work, we don’t have any business being caught up in that stuff. To be a friend of the world is to be the enemy of God. That has to be clear in our hearts and our minds and when we have on this helmet of salvation, we’re able to make distinctions between what is true regeneration, the new creature that men are supposed to be when they make Jesus the Lord of their lives— and those who are hypocrites and whited sepulchers, because by their fruit ye shall know them; amen?
He says put on this armor, protect yourselves, know who you are in Jesus Christ, know the gospel that is the power of God unto salvation. Where is the gospel today that dictates change? I don’t know about you, but when I got saved, I became a new creature. I became a new person. Old things passed away, all things became new, hallelujah! (2 Corinthians 5:17). We have churches full of people who haven’t changed and don’t know what it means to have a new mind, they still think with the world. There are too many of us in here that have the propensity to go back to secular thinking. Our minds need to be renewed daily. We’re to put on that new man which is created in Christ Jesus in righteousness and true holiness, praise God! That’s what will cause us to stand. Know who you are. Be a people that are doers and not hearers, free from self-deception, not only ready to receive, but seeking people to speak into our lives and asking, ”Do you see anything in me that’s amiss?”
Isn’t it exciting that when those that are closest to you come up and say, “Praise God, I want you to know I really see God doing a work in your life and am just thankful for it.” Isn’t that a blessing? The implication is if we put this armor on, we’ll stand. Well, the implication is if you don’t put this armor on, you won’t stand. So, it’s not a choice as to whether we do or don’t and it’s not a choice as to being able to pick certain parts of this armor and say that’s adequate. He said to put on the whole armor of God, amen?
We don’t always know who the Christian leaders are because they’re the humble people, they’re not the show-offs, they’re not the great personalities; they’re not the superstars of Christianity. When you walk into the Christian bookstore and the pastor of one of the larger churches in the country is selling a diet book for twenty bucks, and it’s a best seller among Christians, something is wrong; amen? When our job is to speak the words of He that sent us, and to finish the work, we don’t have any business being caught up in that stuff. To be a friend of the world is to be the enemy of God. That has to be clear in our hearts and our minds and when we have on this helmet of salvation, we’re able to make distinctions between what is true regeneration, the new creature that men are supposed to be when they make Jesus the Lord of their lives— and those who are hypocrites and whited sepulchers, because by their fruit ye shall know them; amen?
He says put on this armor, protect yourselves, know who you are in Jesus Christ, know the gospel that is the power of God unto salvation. Where is the gospel today that dictates change? I don’t know about you, but when I got saved, I became a new creature. I became a new person. Old things passed away, all things became new, hallelujah! (2 Corinthians 5:17). We have churches full of people who haven’t changed and don’t know what it means to have a new mind, they still think with the world. There are too many of us in here that have the propensity to go back to secular thinking. Our minds need to be renewed daily. We’re to put on that new man which is created in Christ Jesus in righteousness and true holiness, praise God! That’s what will cause us to stand. Know who you are. Be a people that are doers and not hearers, free from self-deception, not only ready to receive, but seeking people to speak into our lives and asking, ”Do you see anything in me that’s amiss?”
Isn’t it exciting that when those that are closest to you come up and say, “Praise God, I want you to know I really see God doing a work in your life and am just thankful for it.” Isn’t that a blessing? The implication is if we put this armor on, we’ll stand. Well, the implication is if you don’t put this armor on, you won’t stand. So, it’s not a choice as to whether we do or don’t and it’s not a choice as to being able to pick certain parts of this armor and say that’s adequate. He said to put on the whole armor of God, amen?