and what we believe about God...will be shown to everyone around us in how we live.
It is easy to say we believe certain things...but how do you live?
It is the subtle and distorted lies that seem to catch us...
because we are "too smart to get caught up in an all-out lie"...
or so we think!
John 8:31-32
"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
It struck me..."If ye continue..."
It is more than reading.
It is more than saying that you believe.
The dictionary definition of continue (verb)...1. to go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist. 2. to exist over a prolonged period; last. 3. to remain in the same state, capacity, or place. 4. to go on after an interruption; resume.
It is actively doing something.
"...in My word..."
We will either continue in our wicked, sinful patterns of our old nature,
or we have put on the new man. There should be a drastic difference! Colossians 3
Once we know the truth...we must do something with it!
We can't ignore it...and we will be held accountable for what we have heard.
Christ has made us free...but so often we live in the bondage of satan's lies...giving up that freedom.
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