This Particular LIFE (Part 5)

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. (Acts 5:20)

This Altered Life Can BE Validated! (C)
(Guilty until proven innocent)

Theme for all missionaries who live to rescue the perishing:

“All men are guilty of living a life of rebellion toward King Jesus until otherwise proven innocent by His unmistakable marks of grace upon their life.”

The Word of God has clearly revealed that lost and self-destructing humanity is eternally and utterly helpless and hopeless apart from being permanently interrupted and reconciled by the Lord Himself. Man left to himself will be forever void and empty handed of any righteousness. Without an invasion of God’s redemptive grace man will live a life of hostile rebellion toward King Jesus.

What are the eternal marks of God’s grace upon the life of His redeemed? It’s obvious that these marks can be identifiable by the indication of our main text in this series. The angel of the Lord instructed the apostles to go tell the people about “THIS LIFE”. This life must and will be set apart from any other type of life. What are some of the distinctions that would help us recognize that a man is subject to Christ Jesus and no longer committing, as a way of life, high treason before the King of kings.

Mark #1
His LOVE for the Father:

When we are interrupted and reconciled to the Lord there is a supernatural work that takes place in our lives. The Bible describes this work as the “circumcision of the heart”. When God births a new creature into the family of God, through His eternal grace and the gift of grace by Jesus Christ (His righteousness)(Rom. 5:14), through the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:3-8), He removes our rebellious and hard heart and gives us a new heart of flesh that is easily cut but the Word of God. (Jer. 31-32 ; Ez. 36) God, Himself, cuts away the natural and exposes His supernatural work of grace. The results of this circumcision is the supernatural ability to know God’s everlasting love for us, which will always result in a love for Him that is suitable to bring glory to our Father‘s name, through the enabling work of the Holy Spirit. We love Him, because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. (Deut. 30:6)

And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power: [11] In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: [12] Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead. [13] And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses… (Col. 2:10-13)

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Romans 5:5)

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. (Galatians 4:6)

When the Holy Spirit cuts our hearts for the love of God we go from being a hater of the things of God to loving our heavenly Father. Mark #1 of God’s redemptive grace is that ALL of God’s people will love Him.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. [7] Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. (Song 8:6-7)

LOVE, like death, is ABSOLUTELY and UNMISTAKABLY NOTICED!

“All men are guilty of not loving Him until proven innocent.”

Come back for part 6 as we continue to introduce the eternal marks of God’s grace.

Until then God bless!

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready (stumbling) to be slain (slaughtered); [12] If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not He that pondereth the heart consider it? and He that keepeth thy soul, doth not He know it? and shall not He render to every man according to his works? (Proverbs 24:11-12)

Win the lost at His cost, and it will be According to Grace!