What Christ Empowers Us to do

Acts 5:29 - Show Context

But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men. "

In the Devotional Writing entitled POWER we learned Christ being formed inside us is The Power of God. We also Learned that this Power (anointing) breaks yokes of sin in our lives and enables us to choose either to become a Son/Daughter of God or not. This Power accesses the things Christ has done for us on the Cross and takes us into His Resurrected Life. There are many misconceptions about this Salvation that comes to us through the free empowering gift of Grace. Many are still captive by the adversary satan and headed for eternal damnation because they have been taught a lie and haven't researched it with Truth. The most important thing the Grace of God allows us to do is to choose to obey and when we don't gives us access to forgiveness and getting it right the next time. Yet will that always be the case? Lets look at a scripture used to teach wrongfully when you are saved:

1 Corinthians 3:11-15
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

Foundation is the key word to this teaching. And many have misunderstood this scripture as being wrought in them at the time they first believed in Jesus, which is not true. What did happen when they first believed in Jesus was shown in yesterdays devotional entitled: Power or as it first appeared in John 1:12 the Right to choose. Jesus Himself taught about Foundation and what it requires to have one:

Matthew 7:21-29
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Jesus spoke it plainly that a solid foundation is found in Him by obeying His Word. Faith without works is dead. And works is faithfilled obedience to Christs Commands. And this Faith activates us being saved by and as Grace flows through it to enable us to grow in obedience. Obedience is never found by choosing iniquity nor living a life of lawless rebellion toward choose to obey and loving others as Christ Loved Us. Paul summarized it best:

2 Timothy 2:19 - Show Context
Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

The only way to depart from iniquity is to use the Power of Christ to OBEY, then the foundation when tried will be saved.

In Christ’s Love and Service,

Brother James Pierson, OIC Senior Minister