Message Preached by Pastor Charles Little on February 12, 2023
Jeremiah 10:23
Hebrews 11:16; Jude 1:20; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Psalm 51: 5; Mark 2:22
Without Faith, it is impossible to please God. For he that comes to him must believe that He is and He rewards those that seeks Him (Hebrews 11:16). When we first come to Christ, we are told to desire the sincere milk of the word of God. Yet while in building yourselves up, you must learn how to build up in your Holy faith, and praying in the Holy Ghost (Jude 1:20). All this seems to sound strange to someone who may not have read the word of God or get to know Him. But a call has been given to those who desire to know God. Hence, we must come out from among them, be separated, and touch no unclean thing as read in 2 Corinthians 6:17.
Psalm 51:5, it was sin that was brought in the Garden that shaped up, it’s in our very own nature. However, in reading 2 Corinthians 5:17 we know we are new in God. What must be understood is that because we were born in sin, we are pre-programmed. Sin is our nature. What we are trying to do when we come to Christ is to have this nature be changed. The only way for this change to take place in us is with God.
We are built to do what this world is doing by sinning, lying, and doing all sorts of ungodly things. Though now, we are of God and what we must do is allow God to change us. Understand however in going through these changes in God, there will be pitfalls and hard times. Yet we must trust in the Lord with all our hearts, and not lean to our own understanding. We are not built to handle things of the world ourselves.
God has made you new and you must trust in the Word of God. It’s more than just reading the word and coming to church. You have to start practicing what the Word of God is speaking. We must practically use the word! Use it in your everyday walk because there is a call on your life. There’s a way God is calling you and though you may not understand it, just know you have to start with love. Must learn to love yourself and love others. Don’t look at yourself through the eyes of the world. Look at it from the eyes of God. For God has given you many gifts, and it is only in Him will you be able to operate them.
Be who God has called you to be. Exercise what God has built you for. Don’t try and be like someone else. Allow God to build you up to where He needs you to be. In Mark 2, it tells us we cannot put new wine in old wine skin. You need to be built afresh for the new. We must learn to appreciate what God is doing in us. We can’t see what He’s doing but put your faith in God.
What makes it hard for us to comprehend the things of God is because of how we are built. We’re built to do things in our own fleshly nature. However, there is another way. God can transform you and build you up in His way, not in the flesh but in the Spirit. Will you allow Him to do build you anew?
