Are you truly a saint of the most High? « A Call To The Remnant

The Phrase of God is filled with distinctions. It distinguishes between proper and fallacious. It distinguishes between heaven and hell. There are saints and sinners and the record goes on. There’s a troubling distinction between professors and false professors. What’s a false professor? Somebody who claims to be a Christian however is Christian in identify solely. Somebody who has by no means really been born once more however would rely themselves as “believers.” In James 2:19 James says “You imagine there’s one God? You do nicely, the devils additionally imagine and tremble.” So clearly being a “believer,” doesn’t essentially equate to being born once more.

The phrase “imagine,” is “pisteuo,” within the Greek. It means “to have religion (in, upon, or with respect to, an individual or factor), that’s, credit score; by implication to entrust (particularly one’s non secular nicely being to Christ): – imagine (-r), commit (to belief), put in belief with.” Now clearly the devils don’t put their belief in Christ. They imagine in a single God and have fully rejected God. So you’ll be able to imagine in God and fully reject Him. We want a greater time period than “believer,” for believers embody many distinctions. Whitfield, for instance famously accused the overwhelming majority of the Church of England pastors as “figuring out nothing of the brand new beginning.” There was a lot anger aroused by that assertion that it acquired him banned from a majority of pulpits.

Ravenhill famously instructed that 93% of “professing Christians,” in America additionally knew nothing of the brand new beginning. Tozer instructed that there have been however a remnant amongst those that counted themselves as believers. Jesus says in Revelations ” I do know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (however thou artwork wealthy) and I do know the blasphemy of them which say they’re Jews, and usually are not, however are the synagogue of Devil.” (Rev 2:9) to which Matthew Henry observes ” God is enormously dishonoured when his identify is made use of to advertise and patronize the pursuits of Devil; and he has a excessive resentment of this blasphemy, and can take a simply revenge on those that persist in it.”

When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that imagine (as a result of our testimony amongst you was believed) in that day………..that the identify of our Lord Jesus Christ be glorified in you and also you in Him.( 2 Thess 1:10-12) Our excessive calling brothers and sisters is to be a saint in whom Christ is glorified. He in us and us in Him. Let the world marvel on the manifestation of Jesus that’s in His saints. In verse 11 Paul says “we pray all the time for you that our God would rely you worthy of this calling.”

In Matt 10 :37-39 Jesus says he that loves father or mom greater than me is just not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter greater than me is just not worthy of me. And he that takes not his cross, and comply with after me, is just not worthy of me.  He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall discover it. These are the distinctions that the Lord makes. Those that love Him with their entire hearts, those that take up their crosses and comply with Him and people who lose their lives for His sake, these are those who’re His disciples. These are His saints in whom He’s glorified and by whom He’s glorified. That’s our excessive calling brothers and sisters. Allow us to be discovered to glorify the Lord by our lives.