I went through AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at Ft. Sam Houston years ago. When the cadre asked our class how many were going airborne, about ¾ of the class said they were. When the day came to board the bus to Ft. Benning, 3 of us got on.
It seems like you can get a Christian to do anything except spend time in the Bible on a daily basis to seek the face of the Lord.
The only definition I know of given by Jesus as to what makes a person a disciple of His is given in John 8:31,32. “If you abide in my words, then you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”
Not much different than Joshua being told “this book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night…” Or the Israelites being instructed by God in Deuteronomy 6, “There words, which I am commanding you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up…”
If there is one thing Satan hates, it is a Christian in the Bible. If there is one thing the flesh hates, it is a Christian in the Bible. And, if there is one thing the world hates, it is a Christian in the Bible.
Read it for relationship! In the early years of my walk with the Lord I didn’t have the mindset that the Bible was essentially God speaking to me. You can go to the Bible and miss Jesus. The Pharisees did it. Paul makes the comment that “knowledge puffs up, but love edifies”. It is as a result of beholding the glory of the Lord in the Scripture that we are being transformed into the image of Jesus. (2Corinthians 3:18)
When I rise in the mornings my request of the Lord is that He would speak to me, that He would let me hear His voice. Psalms, Proverbs, the gospels.
Written by David C.
J3Khai.fun 