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His joy, . . .
His love, . . .
His patience, . . .
His grace, . . .
His forgiveness, . . .
ALL the spiritual blessings of God (Ephesians 1:3).
Remember: “what you sow is what you reap” (Gal 6:7). What
is planted into us is what comes out of us. You can’t plant apple
seeds and expect to raise pumpkins. But when you plant GOOD
things into you, — what is reaped are GOOD things. If love is
planted into us, love is reaped from us. It’s the same way with peace,
joy, and everything else in God’s economy.
However, if we spend our Christian lives in the Old Covenant
law — eating from that cursed Tree of the Knowledge of Good and
Evil — doing what is GOOD and refraining from what is BAD
under the law — we are going to become legalists. We are going to
be demanding, critical and judgmental on ourselves … on others …
and even on God.
This is why many should join ‘God Judgers Anonymous.’
How can you NOT trust and love a God who gives you
everything he has, and everything he is? This is the Gospel of Jesus.
Talk about worship! You have never known worship until you
cross the line into the GOSPEL, without influence of the LAW. The
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