Do I Love God? Do I Believe In God’s Word?

Do I love God? Do I believe in God’s Word? YES absolutely!

Isn’t that what most of us say or would say if asked that important question?

If we love God what would be our response to those who don’t think like I do, don’t look like I do, don’t feel like I do? Do I notice God in others that have a different opinion than I do or should they feel the same as I feel about everything? Do I miss God in someone because I’m looking for myself in them? I’m right of course and so Gods people must feel and act and care the same way I feel and act and care! No, no, no! I am not God and if I am a Christian I do not determine how I or anyone else should think, feel or act… God does. What does scripture mean when it clearly says ye are not your own!?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20-KJV

19 What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

This verse runs against the law of our thinking, does it not? I have a right to determine how we feel and how I want to act and treat others don’t I? No! We don’t!

To be a child of God starts with submission and being a servant of Righteousness.

Romans 6:16-18-KJV

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

We have a choice to make. We can serve sin thus becoming a slave to sin, or we can choose to be a servant of obedience which results in becoming a servant to righteousness. What does verse 17 refer to: 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

This form of doctrine surely refers to the essentials for salvation meaning baptism mentioned earlier in Romans.

Romans 6:3-6-KJV

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

This form of doctrine talked about hear is obedience to the Gospel. The Death, Burial and Resurrection. When we die to sin and are buried in the waters of baptism we are then raised to a new life. When we are baptized we leave the old life of sin and we are now different.

Colossians 3:1-4-KJV

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Sin is our enemy, Sin does no longer have control of us. If we live to God , then our body, and mind live to serve God.

Romans 12:1-2-KJV

12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

These verses do not mean you will never sin again, though someone still sins this is referring to someone’s lifestyle, meaning someone yields to temptation and sinfulness.

1 Peter 5:8-9-KJV

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.