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    Word for Today, Wed, 6 May 2009: Stand Fast

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    #1 · May 6, 2009, 5:03 pm

    Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

    Dear friends,    This message reminds us that we have liberty, but we are urged to  stand fast in the liberty we have in Christ, and to be more devoted  to Jesus Christ than to anyone or anything else.  We are also reminded  that God has dealt with us with great patience - we ought to deal with  others using that same patience.  Good reminders in today's message.    Yours in Christ,  Brian      -//-----------------------------------------------------------------     /  MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST    --     http://www.heartlight.org/  --/------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                  May  6, 2009      LIBERTY ON THE ABYSS OF THE GOSPEL         Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ       hath made us free.         Galatians 5:1       http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=ga+5:1&sr=1    A spiritually minded man will never come to you with the demand -  "Believe this and that;" but with the demand that you square your  life with the standards of Jesus. We are not asked to believe the  Bible, but to believe the One Whom the Bible reveals (cf. John  5:39-40). We are called to present liberty of conscience, not liberty  of view. If we are free with the liberty of Christ, others will be  brought into that same liberty - the liberty of realizing the  dominance of Jesus Christ.    Always keep your life measured by the standards of Jesus. Bow your  neck to His yoke alone, and to no other yoke whatever; and be careful  to see that you never bind a yoke on others that is not placed by  Jesus Christ. It takes God a long time to get us out of the way of  thinking that unless everyone sees as we do, they must be wrong. That  is never God's view. There is only one liberty, the liberty of Jesus  at work in our conscience enabling us to do what is right.    Don't get impatient, remember how God dealt with you - with patience  and with gentleness; but never water down the truth of God. Let it  have its way and never apologize for it. Jesus said, "Go and make  disciples," not "make converts to your opinions."         MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST - by Oswald Chambers                //  ===============================================================  /===   http://www.heartlight.org/devotionals/my_utmost                /        This devotional is copyright Oswald Chambers Publications,   < http://www.oswaldchambers.co.uk >.    HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE?  It's FREE!  To subscribe send a blank email to:  join-myutmost@maillists.heartlight.org    HOW DO I LEAVE?  To unsubscribe send a blank email to:  myutmost-unsub@maillists.heartlight.org

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