Don’t be distracted by that which is temporary

The Roman empire was temporary.
Hitler and the Nazi party were temporary.
Imperial Japan was temporary.
Past worldwide plagues were temporary.
Economic collapses of the past were temporary.

Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2 Cor. 4:16-18)

No matter what the world has suffered, it has all been temporary. Those crises have passed. Our current upheavals are temporary. We feel we must be in the end times because these things are happening to us in the here and now, but far worse circumstances have shaken the world in the past. There was much more human suffering and tragedy during the Civil War, WWI, and WWII. Slavery and genocide, nations conquering nations, and social injustices have been going on since the beginning.

Certainly, we are closer to the coming of the Lord than ever before, but our temporary discomfort does not necessarily mean He must come now to deliver us. Christians and others have suffered incredibly for the last 2,000 years. This is nothing new.

Our nation is being shaken by forces of evil. In the here and now, it may look permanent, but in the scope of history, it is temporary. It is “our light affliction which is but for a moment.” We must keep our eyes on the things that are not seen if we are to successfully navigate the times in which we live.

Jesus ministered to Israel during Roman occupation. His message was not against Rome but rather a message of the Kingdom of God. We can preach the Kingdom of God and the cross of Jesus in any circumstance. Our lives may not be as comfortable as we would like, but it is temporary. The Kingdom and eternal life are forever. Let’s keep our eyes on the eternal.

BB

Naturally Holy

John 5:14, 'Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.'

JOHN 5:1-15
In saying this, Jesus shows that sin causes the tragedies that come into our lives. The reason for holiness in the life of the believer is that when we obey sin, we yield ourselves to Satan, the author of that sin. Yielding to sin is yielding to a person - Satan. God doesn't impute the sin to us but the devil does. Our actions either release the power of Satan or the power of God in us.

Although God is not imputing our sins unto us, we cannot afford the luxury of sin because it allows Satan to have access to us. When a Christian sins and allows the devil opportunity to produce his death in their life, the way to stop it is to confess the sin, and God who is faithful and just, will take the forgiveness that is already present in our born again spirit and release it in our flesh. This removes Satan and his strongholds.

The sins of a Christian don't make him a sinner any more than the righteous acts of a sinner make him righteous. Sin is a very deadly thing that even Christians should avoid at all costs, but it does not determine our standing with the Lord. A person who is born again is not 'in' the flesh even though he may walk 'after' the flesh.

What is the motive for living a separated life? We live a separated life because our nature has been changed. We were darkness, now we are light (Eph. 5:8). Many people argue for holiness in order to obtain relationship with God. We need to live holy lives because of the relationship that we already have. It's the nature of a Christian to walk in the light and not in darkness. If Christians were rightly informed of who they are and what they have in Christ, holiness would just naturally flow out of them. It's their nature. It's our nature.

AWM

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