Repay Evil with Good.
As I was praying and waiting upon God for a message for today, the scripture of Romans 12:17 came to my mind. Romans 12:2 I know off by heart but I was not sure of Romans 12:17, so I opened my bible and started to read.
"Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peacably with all men.
Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay', says the Lord.
Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; If he thirsts, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
We are to love as much as is humanly possible, and do all humanly possible to live according to the fruits of the spirit. By growing the fruits of the spirit into our lives, we will automatically not seek revenge for evil against us, but will rather forgive those who have trespassed against us. We are to never try and repay evil with evil, for that makes us just as evil as the one who first committed evil against us, but rather we should repay evil with good, showing that we are the better person.
When someone commits evil against you, forgive them and forget, that you do not become bitter. If wrath is due against that person, then it will be committed against that person by the Lord, for all vengeance is His. Remember though that you have to forgive them out of your heart, and not with the thought that if you forgive them then the Lord will "Get Them". If you forgive for this reason then you have not forgiven. You have been overcome by evil.
Forgive and forget, grow the fruits of the spirit into your life, bearing much fruit, that you may live in peace and in the blessings of the Lord Jesus.
Bear Fruit in the Name of Jesus
"Bear much fruit so you will be my disciples", are the words of Jesus in John15:8. Jesus talks often that we are to bear fruit. In John15:5 "He who abides in Me, and I in Him, bears much fruit" and John 15:16 "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you."
What fruit is Jesus talking about in these scriptures? As I was pondering through John 15:16 shown above, I found the words a little amazing. Jesus said that we should go and bear fruit and that our fruit should remain. If the fruit that Jesus is referring to is that of getting people to follow Him, then we have no control over those that get converted and therfore how can we ensure that they remain. The next words are the words that caught my attention - "that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you." Does God only give you what you want when you have converted lots of people and led many to the Lord, and that all those who you have led to accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour, remain faithful to Jesus. I do not think that this is the case.
The fruit that Jesus refers to in these scriptures is the fruit that you have control over, and the fruit that you can grow and nurture to fullness. It is the fruits of the Spirit. The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control (Galations 5:22). We are to grow these fruits into our characters, putting away the works of the flesh. Once these fruits are stablished in our hearts and characters, Then we truly become disciples of Jesus. Once we have got rid of the fleshly characteristics and are walking constantly in the fruits of the spirit, then whatever we ask the father, He will do for us.
Farming is an art and a science, and we are to become farmers in order to grow the fruit, and have the fruit remain in our lives. We are to plant ourselves into Jesus and become grafted into the vine of Jesus, being bonded to Him in love. Then we are to carefully water the vine with love. Fertilize the vine through prayer and and spray the vine with the insecticide of studying the word of God by reading the bible. In so doing, the fruit that we grow will be strong and will remain, and the insects that come to destroy the fruit in the form of the flesh and the attack of satan, will be destroyed by the power of the insecticide that we use in the name of Jesus.
Become Farmers and grow the fruits of the Spirit into your lives through Christ Jesus and Abide in Him.
Regeneration
What is the Biblical Regeneration.
Titus 3:5
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit".
Paul talks about the washing of regeneration in this scripture. Regeneration as defined basically means the recreation or renewing of something. So when Paul talks about the washing of the regeneration, I can only assume that he in fact talks all about the whole process of baptism in water.
Through the Baptism in water, we become a new creation. We die to our former self, through Christ Jesus, and we rise up a new creation in the likeness of Jesus, through His death and resurrection. In the baptism in water, we get regenerated through the power of Christ. We become a new creation. We are made new through Christ. We were all born perfect in the likeness of God, but as we go through life, that perfection is lost due to our bowing down to the wiles of the devil. We become moulded into the world. Romans 12:2 says we are not to be conformed to this world but be transformed through the renewing of our minds. However, before we get to know and serve Christ, we are conformed (moulded into) to the ways of the world and lose some of the perfection in which we were created.
In verse 3 of Titus 3, Paul states how we were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. Then in verse 4, he states that when the kindness and the love of God our Saviour appeared towards man, which is Christ Jesus, he came and saved us and caused us to be made new through the washing of regeneration.
Paul then adds "and renewing of the Holy Spirit". When Jesus was baptized in water by John the Baptist, as He came out of the water, the Spirit of God descended like a dove and alighted upon Him (Matthew 3:16). Through the baptism in water, Jesus himself received the Spirit of God upon Him, and when we go through the baptism in water, we receive a new spirit into ourselves which is the Holy Spirit.
It is through the regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, that we are transformed from the old sinful person as described in Titus 3:3, to a new creation that is filled with the 9 Fruits of the Spirit (Galations 5:22), which are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.
We can not achieve the fulness of these fruits without first being made a new creation, by accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour and through the baptism of water, by which we receive regeneration and a renewing of the Holy Spirit that is within us.
Once we have grasped the full concept of regeneration of our bodies through Christ Jesus and do not doubt in the work which Jesus has done within us, we will realise that old things have passed away and all things become new. Our bodies become a new creation and old problems with our bodies are removed. We have to renew our minds through the renewing of the spirit and start to believe that through Christ, that has set us free, and through the regeneration of our physical bodies, we have been set free from sickness, we are set free from obesity, we are set free from ill health and our bodies have become brand new.
We are set free from sin and lusts and all the bad as described in Titus 3:3, through the renewing of our minds, and these former bad traits are replaced with the Fruits of the Spirit.
Walk, therefore, as a new creation in Christ, set free from the old body and mind, with a new perfect body and a new mind.
God Bless
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