Perspectives of faith …
Whether you began your life of faith long time ago or only a while ago, it is a must that you properly heed the words of the Lord and put them to action. He esteems you, values you, and honors you according to how united you are with the Lord in your daily lives.
The thoughts and actions of believers change according to how well their leader teaches and helps them put the Word to practice. Plus, an individual’s life is determined by how much they adore, love, and treasure the Lord in their everyday lives, beyond simply knowing Him.
The Lord had a crush on the people of the world. We learned and realized thoroughly that even believers live their lives, self-absorbed and self-centered, doing everything they wanted to do. They separated their lives and faith, so they ended up perceiving Jesus as a being only to worship, and they worshiped Him like idol worshipers deifying their idols. The Lord gave us perfect lessons from the very beginning so that we would fix our wrong perspectives of faith.
We must refrain from doing even the smallest thing if the Lord does not permit. Living in this way is a life of unity with the Lord in love, and a life of complete salvation.
It is ‘Only love the Lord.’ You receive salvation by loving the Lord. Loving the Lord has to be wholesome. Salvation clearly differs according to the level of love. Love by the lips is ‘a superficial love.’ A person who loves the Lord in this way may receive only superficial salvation.
Love is not words. It has to be acted out in reality. Men and women in love or married couples don’t love only by words. If they do, their love does not become reality.
Everyone quickly utters that they love the Lord either when they are praying or when they receive grace. They even repeat that confession dozens or hundreds of times. At that level, however, neither connection is made, nor is relationship formed. When they put their true love to action, only then are they united with the Lord and make a history of life.
You cannot be connected with the Lord by words; you connect with Him by actions. Jesus says that a person who takes action grabs His attention. They become noticeable.
Those who say things but don’t take action are hypocritical. They announce with trumpets of hypocrisy. Those who say things but don’t take action have deceived the Lord. Angels record every detail and report all to God. Insincere believers who only say things without action have not yet escaped the domain of Satan. Satan drags them toward hell little by little each day.
You don’t need to go to the spiritual world to verify that the actions of the body in reality are reflected on the spiritual side. To make it easy to understand, think that the spiritual world is inside a mirror, and the physical world is outside the mirror. When you stand before a mirror, it shows your shape and form exactly as you are. The spiritual world, like a mirror, displays your physical action and mind exactly as you are.
Whether you do 100%, or 90%, or 80%, the difficulty is similar in all cases. Yet, the results are shockingly different. You can make it if you are a little more determined and try. The Lord is standing 100 meters away before you. You cannot stop at the 80 meter, 90 meter, or 95 meter point just because the walk is difficult.
