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2 Corinthians 13:5: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Titus 2:13: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Luke 10:27: And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
One very helpful way to examine ourselves is to evaluate what we are zealous about, what do we do with our whole heart, what excites us and what bores us. I am very thankful that since I have been saved the Lord has given me a sense that I am more alive when I am serving Him than at other times. I hope and pray that you have more joy and satisfaction from serving the Lord than anything else.
Charles Haddon Surgeon on 2 Chronicles 31:21: He did it with all his heart and prospered.
This is no unusual occurrence; it is the general rule of the moral universe that those men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour leaving half their hearts behind them. God does not give harvests to idle men except harvests of thistles, nor is He pleased to send wealth to those who will not dig in the field to find its hid treasure. It is universally confessed that if a man would prosper, he must be diligent in business. It is the same in religion as it is in other things. If you would prosper in your work for Jesus, let it be heart work, and let it be done with all your heart. Put as much force, energy, heartiness, and earnestness into religion as ever you do into business, for it deserves far more. The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities, but He does not encourage our idleness; He loves active believers. Who are the most useful men in the Christian church? The men who do what they undertake for God with all their hearts. Who are the most successful Sabbath-school teachers? The most talented? No; the most zealous; the men whose hearts are on fire, those are the men who see their Lord riding forth prosperously in the majesty of His salvation. Whole-heartedness shows itself in perseverance; there may be failure at first, but the earnest worker will say, *It is the Lord*s work, and it must be done; my Lord has bidden me do it, and in His strength I will accomplish it.* Christian, art thou thus *with all thine heart* serving thy Master? Remember the earnestness of Jesus! Think what heart-work was His! He could say, *The zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up.* When He sweat great drops of blood, it was no light burden He had to carry upon those blessed shoulders; and when He poured out His heart, it was no weak effort He was making for the salvation of His people. Was Jesus in earnest, and are we lukewarm?
Revelation 3:15: I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Dear Lord: Make me increasingly zealous about the things you are zealous about!! As far as can be ascertained, none of the locations in the website that say contact Ron will work, however, you may contact him with questions, comments or prayer requests via email at ronsbibletopics@yahoo.com. |