Text: Acts 20:18-21
We need to be ready to accept the Word of God as Truth, because His Truth is what will set us free. God is not playing games. Sometimes we find ourselves fearing the Lord because we don’t want the punishment that comes along with sin. We don’t fear Him because we love him or honor Him. Once we do something out of fear, it’s slavery. We are doing it for the wrong reason. We fear the Lord, but worship other idols. God isn’t in that! The devil doesn’t care what he uses to bind us, just as long as he binds us! Our christian faith has to be burning in us! We need to understand what serving the Lord means. Our life work should be furthering the Kingdom of God. If we are not moving forward in the things of God, we’re moving backward. We have to make up our minds to come out of the things of the world. There has to be a change in us if we are saying we’re born again. We have “died” to this life. Have you said goodbye to this world cheerfully or tearfully? We need to ask ourselves, does Christ live in us? We need to run this race and live right! God wants us totally different than we were before He brought us out. We need to hate the things He hates and love the things He loves. Is God your everything? If not, why not? Christ should be all that matters!