Free Indeed in Jesus Christ...

We are all free indeed in Jesus Christ and in this way each made an individual member of the same body. The same body! Not this kind of body of Christ or that kind of body of Christ. Which means that there cannot be different kinds of Jesus Christ. Unless we talk about the antichrist...

In order to have harmony, peace, joy and hope we must all come together in the body of Christ as the same... we believe in the Creator, the Lord God, our savior Jesus Christ, who lived, died, was buried and rose again. We have to agree that he is the same yesterday, today and will be forever ~ Hebrews 13:8.  

So, We cannot go around saying I believe in this God, that Jesus... like the 'red letter' Jesus. Or, I believe in Jesus the man who was a nice guy and he was never a Jewish rabbi, he did not die on the cross... or he is really from another planet, he was a Buddhist monk...Or, I can believe whatever I want, he is my Jesus.

We cannot fall into the darkness of relativism (I am me and you're you, and whatever makes you happy is ok) because in that, there is no body, and no unity in the body, no harmony, no peace, no joy and no hope in eternal life... We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. Psalm 33:20

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ~ 1 Peter 1:3.

Does that mean that you can have Jesus 'your' way... like at Burger King? No! That's right, There is no other God! He is the LORD, and there is no other. Besides Him, there is no God. He will strengthen you ~ Isaiah 45:5. In Him, we live, move and have our being ~ Acts 17:28.

We give Him and Him alone thanks and praise for He Jesus Christ is the Holy One, He alone is our God! Joshua 24:18. He who lived, died, was buried and rose again! He alone is the hope of the world, God who is Jesus Christ. Yes, His [Jesus Christ] name will be the hope of all the world." Matthew 12:21.

We are God's Handiwork...

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. That good work (s) is to love God and to spread the Gospel which is the love of God. He is our focus, not this world. Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God remains forever ~ 1 John 2:15-17.

 

Yes, we are special in God's eyes not the world's. Do we have special gifts, yes. And, those we use to battle for His Kingdom. They are the gifts of the Holy Spirit... anything else is just of the world. Can you use a talent like running, singing, building, computing, engineering...? Yes, as long as you use such a talent for His Kingdom. 

 

But Gifts of the Holy Spirit ~ There are different and are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.  All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. 1 COR 12:4-11.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret? Now, eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way. ~ 1 COR 12:27-31.

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. ~ 1 COR 13:1-8.