Church leadership can be
difficult. It means that we have a lot less freedom to be like the world and
enjoy it's pleasures. It means that if we have a problem with self control then
we had better get that handled, however we have to. It means that we have to
love people who hurt us and not look the other way when we see stuff going on
that should not be. .... It means being the kind
of people that Jesus commanded all of us to be whether or not we are in
leadership. He said, "be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect"
He didn't say it would be easy but He did say to do it and we must do our best
to be perfect in every way, knowing that when we do fail He is faithful and
just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.....
I don't believe in cheap
grace. I don't believe that we can just sin, at will, and enjoy ourselves, and
then say that God will forgive me. That just says that we have no regard for
what Jesus went through on the cross and why He did it. How can we truly be
saved and keep on sinning?? We CAN’T! 1 John 3:6,
“No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has
either seen him or known him.....
I receive a lot of
hatred for believing this. It is no surprise because Jesus said that I would. I
have lost friends. No surprise, there, because Jesus said that I would. Some
family members don’t understand my all out devotion to God and His purpose for
my life. No surprise, since Jesus said that it would happen. ....
We should never do
things for the approval of others, when we do that we have our reward in full.
But when we do things for the joy of serving the God who created the universe
and gave up His life to pay for our sins then we have rewards that will last
for eternity. ....