The Holy Spirit (water fall) flows
from the Son of Righteousness.
Photo courtesy of Joseph Finney
My early "Christian" walk was not something to be proud of. A lot of that was because of the
lack of a knowledgeable mentor (someone with experience and who KNEW the word, and
willing to confront me). After living so many years in sin, it was something that was not so easily given up.
I knew I wanted Jesus Christ in my life but there was still the old me that struggled with living a TRUE Christian
life. I was in my early 20's when I accepted Jesus. No one talked about repentance. Just that Jesus
forgives sin. So I went to my buddies, told them I now had Jesus, drank some beer (a lot) and smoked some
pot in celebration.
And when I finally met my current wife in my later 20's, because divorce was so
prevalent in my family growing up, when things got difficult, it was easy to go looking for something
new; other woman. After all, It is so much easier to walk out of situations than to deal with them.
Others in the church saw what was going on but would not confront me. I got to a place where I felt I was
on a down hill spiral, and picking up speed. At that point I was Chairman of the Deacons of our Church
while committing Adultery. I hope you're seeing a problem here.
In fact my light was all but snuffed out. But I came to a place where I cried out for God because I wanted to be Christ like, but I realized it was going to require a lot of help from Him. He helped! Not in the way I expected it, but the Lord knew what he was doing, and I wanted it bad enough. My recovery is nothing short of God intervening through prayer. It started with some brothers coming along side of me, and then God placing some good people in my life.
1 Thess 2:11-12
as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of
you, as a father does his own children, 12 that you would walk worthy of
God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
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Here, we want to encourage, comfort and urge you to live lives WORTHY of God. There is a lot of false teachings, or even "lack of teaching" about how to live a Christian life. There are too many Pastors afraid of offending people with the word of God.
Just like in the natural, we start our spiritual walk as infants who need nurturing. And just as in the natural, when there is not proper nurturing in the spiritual, the body does not function the way it was meant to, and we cannot live up to our potential. And that is why we need to have fellowship with others. The Apostle Paul knew how important it was to be there for people coming to know Jesus as Lord.
John 14:15
"If you love Me, keep My commandments.
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