You Can Know You Have Eternal Life
#73 Consequences of Christs Kingdom
How do I acceptably
Glorify Jesus in His Kingdom? (1)
by Jim Mettenbrink
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In the midst of the religious diversity,
encouraged by the existence of American freedom and culture,
How a person acceptably glorifies Jesus is
a most important consideration. Over the last 30 years
American culture has experienced major changes in attitudes toward
many aspects of life. Much of this change is undergirded
by secular humanist philosophy, i.e., man is his own standard
of conduct. Ultimately, no objective absolute standard
is acknowledged, so each lives as he desires. This is readily
noticeable in the realm of morals and religion.
Beginning some 35 - 40 years ago,
the secular humanist attitude has been given strong public emphasis,
being boldly proclaimed in the 1970s in slogans such as, Youre
OK, Im OK and If it feels good, do it!
This idea is also evident in the feel good
religious attitude. If it feels good it must be
right. We are all going to the same
place, only on different paths, but so long as it feels right
to each one, its acceptable. Individual
feelings become the standard of religion.
Is this, Whatever feels good to me or
perhaps better stated, Im gonna do it my way
attitude, the right standard of glorifying Jesus? Just
who do we think we are to decide what is pleasing God? How
do we know what is acceptable to God?
In the local newspaper, a man wrote
that he had attended church regularly from infancy, however Jesus
had not been first in his life. Indeed, this is the state
of many if not most folks. Their religious belief and sense
of conviction is nominal (acknowledging belief in Jesus as
the Savior and maybe church attendance). It is not
in the sense that Jesus is my King and I will follow
Him according to His will.
The man further declared that only
when he totally surrendered to Jesus, i.e., took self
off the throne of his life and allowed Jesus to be the King of
his life, that he found true happiness. Regarding some
first century Christians activities, the Apostle Paul stated
they
gave themselves first to the Lord, (2 Corinthians 8:5). Indeed,
when we take that first step of total submission to God,... Yes,
Jesus, I will let You unconditionally guide my life,
then we will have turned onto the road that will lead us to contentment,
this true peace of mind, that everyone so desperately seeks from
the depths of ones spirit.
Learning to surrender to Jesus
is the door to the peace that passes all understanding (Philippians
4:7). Since Jesus is the King and rules His kingdom
by the stipulations in the New Testament, we must study it to
know what it means to acceptably glorify Jesus.
It will show you the way to the peace that passes all understanding and prompt you to boldly declare
You
know you can have eternal life
(1 John 5:13). What does it mean to surrender to
Jesus? What is involved in surrendering self
and allowing Jesus to sit on the throne of my life, to allow
Him to guide me unconditionally?
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