Colossians 2:6 – 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
The church in America really hasn’t been focusing on this one since the fifties as a whole. Understandably some do and I am very blessed to belong to one of those churches. Thank you Pastor Skip and Gale.
Jesus let’s everyone know that He is the Son of God and that He and the Father are One. It is by Him and Him only that we may have our sins forgiven. How do we do that? By accepting His death in the place of ours and acknowledge that He has risen in victory.
When we do that, we are supposed to now live for Him. Repent, of our old sinful nature and now seek the new life in the Spirit that God wants for us.
Luke 9:23-26 – 23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. 25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Jesus is saying if you want to be with me and serve me, you need a change of plans from your old sinful nature. He is saying you now need to serve Me and do things My way.
“Just As I Am” is a great song. That is exactly how He accepts us and we shouldn’t be waiting another second to accept Him as Lord if we have not. After we have done this, however, we need to start seeking Him more and making the transformation that the new spirit inside you is trying to make.