Jesus wants a people that will know who He is by the Spirit and by the Word of God. As we serve Jesus Christ, the light of the Lord will reflect from us to our family and to a lost and dying world.
John 8:12:Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Christians and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ have power and authority that has not even been tapped into. We must dwell in the Word in order to have the understanding of the type of overcoming Christians that the Lord Jesus desires us to be. Jesus’ name is above every name.
Philippians 2:9-11: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Jesus should be number one and the center of your life in order to be a successful Christian. The Christian is repsonsible for the spiritual development of their own minds and will give an account for themselves at the judgement seat of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 3:14-20: 14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
God desires to speak to His people through the Word of God. The Lord also desires that His people move by the Spirit of God and not by a feeling or by the mind. Likewise in evangelism, a Christian or a group of Christians must be led by the Holy Spirit in order to be effective.
Acts 13:3-5: And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.