Why Are You Saved?
We can forget from time to time and get haughty (prideful) about our salvation thinking that we deserve it, but in all honesty, we do not deserve salvation, i don't think there is any Bible reading believer that can honestly say scripture backs up the belief that we earned our salvation. The truth is, as we have seen through the life of Christ and the words of Paul, our salvation is a gift. You cannot brag to someone about something that someone gave you. A gift is given, while a prize is earned. So, did you earn Jesus through all of your hard work? Or was Jesus's blood shed due to God's grace? That salvation was a gift that you didn't earn. In 2 Timothy 1:9, Paul writes to Timothy about Jesus "who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began..." If that is the one thing I can teach you today, then I am satisfied in that, because in this time many of us have forgotten our gift from God.
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Ask, Seek, Knock
Jesus has just finished praying and then the disciples asked him to show them how to pray. decisions. He teaches them a prayer that we refer to today as the Lord's prayer. But the Jesus goes further on how to pray.
He gives an example of going to a friend late at night in need of some bread for an overnight guest. The one in need could ask just one time and once denied could turn around and walk away empty handed. But when the one in need continues to ask for what he needs (bread in this context) then other friend is more likely to give in to the friend due to the persistence.
Jesus says that is how we should pray. We should pray consistently and persistently. Jesus tells us in Luke 11:9 to Ask....Seek....Knock." When we ask from God it will be given. When we seek from God we will find what we need. When we knock on God's door, the door will be opened. But remember this is about consistency and persistence. Not just a one time thing.
God wants to give you what you need, but if we do not seek these things from Him then how will we get it. God wants us to seek His spirit and be one in His will. So, that checks our motives. Is what we are asking for united with God's will or is it just for us?How do you find out? You ask, you seek and you knock. And if you don't get the answer, you keep doing it.
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