Life for a life

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10.10

The Divine will in relation to life is quite clear. But why not all those who believe in Him have life, much less abundance of it? Because they have not given their lives to Him. They've given Him their life in theory but not in practice.

Gold

Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies[a] the gold? Mathew 23.17

The Lord asked the hypocrites but why?

Because they considered the offering more important than the Altar, which was the one that sanctified it. Unfortunately, this has been the attitude of many spiritually weak and sick Christian... in fact, some have even died. They were more attentive to what they left on the Altar than Who was receiving their offerings.

Good Part

"But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10.42

The sisters Martha and Mary are two kinds of people: those who focus their life on the problems around them and those who focus their lives in the Author of Life. What kind of person are you?

Forget

"Because you would forget your misery, and remember it as waters that have passed away..." Job 11:16

When there's a personal experience with the Lord Jesus Christ, there's joy in the present and assurance of the future which makes it easy to let go of the past.

Keep from the evil one

I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. João 17:15

In this prayer, the Lord Jesus didn't pray for all human kind, but to those who followed Him faithfully. The question is: why so many who believe in Him are not protected from evil? Answer: because not all of those who say they believe are truly sincere in their belief.

The Righteous

Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? Job 4.17

Who is righteous before the Almighty if even the angels have their imperfections? Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus' sacrifice and total surrender made it possible for His blood to purify us from all sin, making us deserving.

Uprightness

Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness... I Kings 9.4

Integrity and uprightness are fundamental ingredients for a relationship between the human being and God. This is the difference between those who serve Him and thos who don't.