Thursday, July 29, 2010

If you know it, do it

What value is there in reading and studying the Bible if I don't do what it says? I think sometimes we lean so heavily on being free from the law that we seem to think that we have no obligations as Christians to live out our faith as directed in the Bible.

We are free in that we are saved by grace and not by works (Ephesians 2:8). However, our God has also given us commandments to follow now that we are saved. Jesus is our Savior but he is also our Lord. Why do we not do what he says? (Luke 6:46)

So, what commandments are we given that we are obliged to follow? There are a number of them but here is the one that I came across today... Serve each other. This is difficult when life is all about me and my comfort and goals.

John 13:12-17
When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

1 comment:

  1. Yes, you are so right. Being a Christian is not only a matter of being saved. It is becoming a light of the world and a salt of the earth for Christ. We must love and serve one another as Christ did for us. Remember, when we face the Lord in the judgment seat, He will require us to show the fruits of our being Christians. Thanks for the inspiring post. God bless you always.

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