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Are You Coming Apart?
Contributed by James May on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: We can either come apart through the power and influence of the devil or we can come apart with Jesus and see the glory and power of God.
But I want more than just the ordinary life of living for the Lord as wonderful as that is. I don’t want to be one of those disciples who were left behind to cope with life while Peter, James and John saw God’s glory – I WANT TO SEE GOD’S GLORY TOO!
You have to come apart with Jesus to see his glory. The transfiguration of Jesus in your life from being a Savior that you serve and the God that you worship through faith - into a very real presence, with a vision of him that allows you to see his glory and power, and a new feeling that brings absolute peace and the fear, reverence and awe of who God really is, will never come until you have come apart into a higher place with him.
You have to go where not many will go with Jesus! Your life must be lost in his! Your heart must become one with his! Your whole being must be immersed in his transforming power before you will experience what those disciples experienced that day.
There may be some of you hearing this message that have not yet come apart with Jesus. There may some who have not even began this journey to the high places in Jesus.
Perhaps there are even some who don’t even know Jesus as your Savior!
It’s time for you to “come apart” with him!
If you are a sinner, and you have not experienced salvation through Jesus Christ, that must be your first step.
If you have ever told a lie; ever stolen anything; ever used profanity; ever looked upon another human being with lust in your heart; or ever broken one single commandment of God’s Law, then my friend, you are a sinner.
The Word of God tells us that none of us have kept all of God’s Law and that we are all sinners who have fallen short. There is none righteous, no not even one. All it takes is to be guilty of violating one of God’s laws and that makes you guilty of all of God’s laws.
If you want to begin your walk with Jesus, it’s time for you come apart from the world, renounce your old life, repent of the sin and ask Jesus into your heart! That’s the only way to eternal life. It must come through Jesus Christ and his death upon the cross. You must come apart and surrender your life to him so that he can put you back together again and give you eternal life.
If you don’t come apart for Jesus, believe me, Satan will utterly destroy you and you will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire with him. God is going to take apart Satan’s power one day and everyone who refuses to accept Jesus as their Savior will be taken apart with Satan and cast into the same pit of fire that God has already prepared for Satan and his angels. God doesn’t want to send you there but he won’t force you to follow him either. It’s your choice and it’s an eternal choice!
If you are listening to this message and you already love Jesus, but Satan has been pushing you around and trying to take you apart – it’s time to turn your eyes on Jesus. It’s time that you come apart for Christ. Get alone with God and fix your heart on Him so that God’s power and glory can be manifest in your heart and life.
It’s time to come apart with Jesus! Will you come? Will you surrender all to him?
Remember, you will either come apart with Jesus or you will be taken apart in judgment!