Bible Teaching
Life Rejecting God and Accepting God
Welcome brothers and sister to another Bible Teachings. Today we should be expressing concerns for fellow man and how our own choices by day can determine our lives either by rejecting God and his ways or accepting his way. This can only be done when we become submissive to God and heed his teachings, many are for our benefit yet at the same time aren't guarantee to work. What I meant by the latter is how we living on this world will be challenged, tested and sometimes beaten that we give in to our old life of sin and try to find comfort in them. This will never led you anywhere as they are hinderance to your life, many of Christians, Saints and Believers these days can say they have problems and hinderance that stops them from fulfilling God's plan for each of our lives. However what we're talking about here is the difference in how we accept or Reject God in our life and either do things our way or his way.
God's gift to us individually
In many ways when we Reject God, is the common life for all of humanity born from our mothers and fathers, then live the life we want for ourselves instead for others, or more so what God can do for our lives. One of aspect God wants from us is to work through your gifts given to you when you while still in the womb. Being born into this world some of you even as non-believers, Saints and Christians have notice your life by your gifts. How while some of you didn't like it or know about it is what grants you the jobs your doing even if you don't like it. Sometimes what we don't like is what God gave to us as gifts, but that doesn't mean it's always good for you because God would rather have you and everyone enjoy what you work. Joyfulness is one of fruits from the spirit that is given, if we don't have that when we are living our lives without feeling fulfilled. While yes non-believers can have no God in their lives and still succeed in these task. But that doesn't mean we are happy all the times.
For those of you who have jobs or have heard of others with jobs. Have you ever notice that despite everything they achieve, how they are able to preform the task or even obtain what they desire is still not enough? This is because in our sinful ways, we are feeding what is considered a black hole stomach. Just so you know this isn't a technical term, but still makes sense regardless because the implications are still there. In any age especially today society, we tend to look towards those who have succeed in life and have everything of the world as something that must be achieve. Yet God didn't give us these gifts just so you could obtain everything of this world. There are many including ourselves that fall for this world traps, and one of them is we can have the world. This world will die someday on the tribulation years, when the end of days finally comes to an end, this world will burn up and nothing will be left except for those who survive by seeking Jesus everyday.
However, God didn't say it wasn't bad to have what we are given. Some of the heroes of faith are given this stuff because of their faithfulness towards God. But what is bad is when we taken obsession for the stuff or boast ourselves in our stuff. There will be times that God has our stuff destroyed not because he didn't cause harm, but instead wants us to have something better then our last. Yet there are times when we lose our stuff, it's the result of our own ways ignoring God or they are natural disasters. Many of us can have so much in our lives yet we still will have nothing by the end. Because we are trying to fill ourselves with things that won't be fulfilling, but still desire more of it. Sometimes when we desire too much of this world things we tend to lose ourselves in this world pleasures. Our gifts that are given to used for works, are to show God and what he has done in our lives. We are to be thankful and worship him all the days for what who he is and how our lives are change through him and discovery of our gifts. We can be forgetful at times because we tend to lose ourselves thinking we are able to do this by ourselves. But we mustn't forget what God does for us and how our lives can be change through him.
Our Attitude towards people and life
One aspect that can be said is our attitudes. Many times you are told that what you done in the past doesn't define you today. There is truth to this claim, but there is also another side that needs to be address. One that involves our character and personality towards people, world, life and reality of our individual life. Many times when we are face with some choice we have to decide one or the other. These choices come in all forms, from your personal decisions of yourself and views of others, to your life long careers or jobs you acquire, or who you consider when following the laws of our government or how we break them for ourselves. While nothing is absolute that determines our lives. Sometimes our attitudes can determine our future and past selves, now what does that mean is base on how you either accept God or reject God. And not just God, but with everything including your parents you either refuse to listen or you hear what they say and care for them out of love and respect.
These are the more common choices we face, yet sometimes our choices can define us and show who we are from our past to our unchanging present either for good or bad, but it's not absolute yet can change for anyone. Sometimes this world says when you make mistakes, you tend to believe that these mistakes define you. Many times people can say you have that choice to change, but what does it mean for everyone that hears and sees the change, yet is unforgiving of that person's change? This attitude of unforgiving towards others and their mistakes is what define us from our hearts. Christ Jesus came to our lives to change this and give free grace and mercy towards those of willful change towards themselves and towards others. This comes in forms of forgiveness and mercy towards our sins committed, when what does it say if you as fellow Christians, Saints and Believers that have no forgiveness, but shows others have been forgiven by Christ yet you don't forgive? Know that when your sins are forgiven, God accepted you into his family, and when you denied others of this gift, you are not only judged for this action, but are also held accountable as God would tell you "Why should I forgive you if you cannot forgive them?". This here is one attitude that needs to change if we accept God in our lives. Cause one of God's key aspect of his character is love, if we have no love for others then God's love isn't in us.
If you have heard of Fruits of the Spirit, the you know these are what defines our attitudes on everyday life, everyday situation, everyday choice and everyday action towards everything including people. But not everyone also has all aspect of these spiritual fruits, yet our attitude should to aim for high places, that includes our attitude towards God and man. These fruits of the spirit as listed for the first time hearing these are Love, Joy, Peace, Patients, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-control. While you may hear them in different names and order. The nine fruits of the spirit are implied in everything and everyday life. They are what defines our attitude and how we should behave towards situation, people and in all our lives till our timely end or this world's end. But we can't have this if we don't accept God's way, many who reject will show common traits of this world of sin and how they our common life style. To have an example let's say the opposite of our attitude for this world and ourselves is different from the Fruits of the Spirit as listed, Love is replace with Hate, Joy is replace with negative emotions, peace is replace with worry, anxiety and other traits alongside them, Patients is replace with impulsiveness, unwilling to wait and wanting everything now. Kindness is replace with we can be nice, but have bad thoughts about others, gossip about their faults and show many hostile intentions. Goodness is misplace or replace by our views of life, allowing our own standards that show unwillingness to be kind, or have other traits that only self seeking of ourselves. Faithfulness is acting in our faith, but is instead replace by just faith without action or having no faith for anything except for our ways. Gentleness is then replace with harden hearts, attitudes of unmerciful, or ways that hurt others. What most common is Self-Control is replace with freedom of doing what we please without restraint.
As you can see, our attitude without God can makes us into somebody we don't recognize. Sometimes we are change for the worst if we seek for ourselves and find our lives more hollow by the day. Folks I speak this because we need to consider for both non-believer and especially as fellow believers that we need to accept all of God and his ways. When we become more obedient by submission and willingness to follow his lead, our attitudes and life style will change for the better. But know this world and the ruler of this world will do everything to bring even if smallest amount of doubt towards God just to make you turn on Christ and leave for this world. Take great care of always re-examine yourself and ask God and fellow believers to help understand if there is need for change and uncertainly towards anything and everyone.