lol. this post will be about what God spoke to me throughout this week
about having a new heart. its a short message.
i felt the need to post it up as temptations started to flood my heart again.
hopefully someone reads it, and be blessed.
or i can use this to prepare to help those who is going through what i have gone through
like no matter how much you prayed, read the bible, fasted, had demons casted out etc etc
but a while later, you slipped back into sin.
Matthew 26:41 (New King James Version)
41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Our fleshly, carnal nature is weak, such that if we allow our mind to follow it, there is no way we can flee from temptation.
but our spirit man is the one always crying out and resisting.
we got to make the choice to follow the spirit man.
Jesus died on the cross to save us from:
1) penalty of sin (which is death)
2) power of sin (temptation)
3) presence of sin (evil itself)
how are we saved from the power of sin which is our temptations?
by the crucifixion of our old sinful nature (old man) and putting on our spirit man (new man)
Colossians 3:9-10 (New King James Version)
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Ephesians 4:23-25 (New King James Version)
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
we heard this ALOT ALOT of times before!
but what does it mean to put on the new man?
just like what the verse in Ephesians said - be renewed in the spirit of your mind!
which is our heart!
Romans 10:10 (New King James Version)
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Ezekiel 18:31 (New King James Version)
31 Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
and throughout the bible, God has been telling that He will give us new heart!
Ezekiel 11:19-20 (New King James Version)
19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,
20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 (New King James Version)
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
then it struck me, a new heart, a new man, a new spirit.
being saved was also to mean to die on the cross.
and being resurrected in Christ.
a new life.. a new beginning..
i've detested my past sins so much, how could i allow myself to sin once again?
God gave me another chance to be pure.
why would i want to cause myself to go through all those crap again?
and furthermore, to sin blatantly and knowingly is not repentance!
in fact, doing so might even cause your salvation to be nullified!
i'm just vomiting stuff out.. cause temptations hit me once again.. i will stand strong for You!
