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Saturday, January
9, 2010
Follow After
Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow
after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify
another. (KJV)
There are many voices in the world and
none without significance. With that being said, Jesus Christ said that His
sheep know His voice and a stranger they will not follow, but they will
flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers (John 10:3-5).
There are many in this world that follow
after that which is spoken by strangers, or more specifically, satan and
his workers. Through subtly they lure many unsuspecting fools into seeking
the weak and beggarly elements of this world having promised them liberty
through worldly riches; and these same fools in the end find themselves in
bondage again. Why fools? Because they have chosen to be so; they have sold
their soul for the short time pleasures of this life, in which their soul will
be required of them in the end. That is, if they do not seek the One who
has already paid the price for their soul’s redemption, that being Jesus
Christ, and follow after Him.
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know
them, and they follow me: (KJV)
So you can see the importance of knowing
the Lord’s voice, because if it is not His voice that you hear then flee,
turn from it and run away toward the Lord who is your shield, your
fortress, your protector. Don’t allow a stranger to talk you out of the
life that God has for you, or to talk you out of your eternal inheritance
in Christ. Jesus Christ silenced the voices (lies) by choosing to ignore
them, to not follow them, and instead He chose to follow after righteousness
and true holiness.
So today; hear Christ, be known of Him,
and follow after Him. For in doing
this you will be able to discern the Lord’s voice from that of strangers,
and be strengthened in following after the things which make for peace and
things wherewith you may edify another.
1 Timothy 6:6-12
2. To arm him against the love of the
world, he directs him to follow that which is good. Follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness: righteousness in
his conversation towards men, godliness towards God, faith and love as
living principles, to support him and carry him on in the practice both of
righteousness and godliness. Those that follow after righteousness and
godliness, from a principle of faith and love, have need to put on patience
and meekness-patience to bear both the rebukes of Providence and the
reproaches of men, and meekness wherewith to instruct gainsayers and pass
by the affronts and injuries that are done us. Observe, It is not enough
that men of God flee these things, but they must follow after what is
directly contrary thereto. Further, What excellent persons men of God are
who follow after righteousness! They are the excellent of the earth, and,
being acceptable to God, they should be approved of men. (from Matthew
Henry's Commentary)
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