Full of Faith!

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Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. Now hold on to your freedom and don't ever become slaves of the Law again.

I, Paul, promise you that Christ won't do you any good if you get circumcised.  If you do, you must obey the whole Law.  And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his gift of undeserved grace.  But the Spirit makes us sure God will accept us because of our faith in Christ.

If you are a follower of Christ Jesus, it makes no difference whether you are circumcised or not. All that matters is your faith that makes you love others.

Galatians 5:1-6

I remember when coming to church services regularly gave a man or women the designation of being "faithful." Once a person had made a public commitment to the Lord it seems we were mostly concerned with whether or not they showed up when the church doors were open.

We are encouraged to assemble together to worship, but the evidence of your faith is something far more fundamental. Your faith in Christ will make you love others. So if you want to know if a man is "faithful" or "full of faith," look and see if he loves others.

If I am full of faith how many others must I love? A better question is this: If I am full of faith who can I hate? In a heart full of faith there is no room for hating anyone. Hating even one person is like taking a drop of jet black ink and letting it fall into a glass of crystal clear water. All the water will be changed by one drop of ink, and your heart will be polluted by hating one person.

Why do we spread the news about evil deeds done by evil men? Is that something we all need to know? Of course not. Satan wants us to spread the Bad News about evil people so we can find reason to hate them, and so pollute our own hearts.

"Lord give me the wisdom and strength to reject the temptation to hate any man. May the Love of Christ flow through me today to everyone I encounter. Amen."