The Foundation of Christian Living
How many Christians may say that the church is the reason for the relationship
they have with Jesus? I certainly cannot say that, because my
relationship with the Son of God is unfamiliar to the houses of prayer that I have
attended, yet my belief in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is firmly in place,
which leads me to ask this question, how successful are we in becoming disciples
in the church? The church is the property of Jesus, therefore, it is
his responsibility to build it; Jesus spoke to his disciple Simon Peter
saying, "I say also to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build
my church" (Matthew 16:18). He had asked that we become disciples, has brought
up true prophets, and has declared some righteous for the building of his
church, and though many are rejected, "the gates of hell will not prevail
against" such a body (Matthew 16:18). My mission is to glorify my Heavenly
Father. The prerequisite is to have a relationship with his son, Jesus.
Having such a relationship will prove that I have heard his word, independently but
have I glorified God? Surely I have glorified God, because I am now one of his
faithful.
All Christians should know the purpose of prayer, my observation
however, is that it is the way to have a one on one chat with God, our Heavenly
Father. Jesus taught his disciples to pray so that they would learn how
to communicate with his father independently; now, the time has come that if we
choose to communicate with God, we must do it independently because his only
Son is not with us anymore. Realize the church that our communication is real,
but the same cannot be said about many in the houses of prayer. Congregation
leaders and/or their elect have succumbed to temptations such as greed,
prestige, arrogance, being in the spotlight, etcetera, forcing few in their
congregation to discontinue their service from within such houses of prayer.
However, if our communication with God is real, we still remain members of the
church but should seek another house of prayer to attend. Remember, congregation
gathering will not keep us connected with God, only our heart does. If the
treasure of our heart is Christ then he will build us as temples of God.
In the
houses of prayer there are also unfaithful Christians; the mission of the church
is to have a faithful congregation that is Christ Jesus made disciples of the
twelve that he chose, we must also do the same unto those whose desire is to
join God’s house of prayer. It is obvious that having a relationship with
someone is a commitment to understand each other. The only Son of our Heavenly
Father already understands us; we are responsible for understanding him. His
voice is the New Testament, which outside the walls of Jerusalem, the seven
churches in Asia Minor were first to accept it. They were the first fruit unto
John.
However, Simon Peter is the example on which, the church is built; he
spoke from the heart when he said, "you are the Christ, the son of the living
God" (Matthew 16:16), and though he did not escape his hour of temptation (Luke
22:40, 46), which was the time he denied his Master three times, he did received his faith after he had proof that his master had rose from the
dead; he then began to carry his cross, and follow him.
The church is
built in the manner of Simon Peter. First, we must believe that Jesus is the Christ; he is
the son of God, Second is to have faith, and third, we carry our cross, but must
follow the only Son of God.
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We will prove that we are exalted by our savior if we carry our own burden, and
choose to follow him. He will exalt us above the children of darkness, after we
have overcome the temptation that resulted from their world. The time will be at
hand to receive the Holy Spirit, so that we may deal with the rulers of darkness
of this world (Ephesians 6:12).
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Only by having faith are we able to have a relationship with God only Son.
Unfaithful Christians do not understand his way, and though many have positioned
themselves as front-runners in the assembly of the houses of prayer, it is our
responsibility to be the judge of the house of prayer we attend, and be not
entangled with the way of unfaithful Christians. The way of the only Son of God
is the life, salvation, which I urge you all to follow; though we are not always
obedient, we must be filled with compassion as our Lord and saviour presented himself while he was in Israel. Attend church regularly, and be in fellowship, but uphold the Word of
God, because as Paul was sent to bear the name of Christ Jesus before the
Gentiles, "he is a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before the Gentiles"
(Acts 9:15), so must his faithful Christians bear his name in
his houses of prayer.
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Accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour is the will of us individually, but
the life, salvation is that we may withstand different temptations from the evil
one.
Above are the principles needed to begin a relationship with the Son of God.
They are our responsibility; it is the responsibility of Gods' Son to prove
us worthy of having a relationship with him, and having a relationship with him
is being a child of God.
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