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NASB | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household: |
Subject: Are Positional and Practical truths true |
Bible Note: If saying Mary's life was characterised by doing nothing, then yes, I'd be wrong. Which is why I didn't say it. And if you should imply that I'm doing nothing, or if I'm going to go about living in sin, then you're wrong in your understanding indeed!!!!!!!!!!! Horrifically wrong. True, I'm not yet like Jesus, and I AM changing, but I do NOT intend to change in my OWN strength. In order for me to experience true freedom and grow in my relationship with God, I have learnt to accept myself where I am and see myself the way God sees me - righteous. Even if I'm still learning from Him how I should BEHAVE so. I trust that God will be faithful to finish the good work He had began in me. With this belief that I've been already made right with God through Christ, I will begin to make real spiritual progress in my spiritual walk. One of the biggest issue I have to understand is that I CANNOT CHANGE MYSELF!!!! Trying to bring about a change in my own strength and through my plans will always result in frustration. My efforts will be in vain and I'll only give up on myself. When I say "God, I can't do this anymore. I have done everything I know to do, try to behave myself by following your laws, and it doesn't work. If anything is going to change of me, You're going to have to do it." Will the Holy Spirit frown on me? No. I believe He'll say "Great! Now I can go to work." He's waiting for me to stop TRYING to change myself and start TRUSTING Him to change me. And if you think that I cannot be changed by TOTAL reliance on the Holy Spirit, then you're saying that the Holy Spirit is NOT ABLE to do it for me. "Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." It is GOD who works in me to WILL and to ACT according to His good purpose. And I will trust Him to do just that! I CANNOT change myself, but I CAN spend time seeking the One Who can change me. I cannot change by my will power, but I can use my will power to decide to spend time with HIM. As I regularly wait in His presence, I put myself in position for Him to change me. During these times, He WILL reveal the things in my live, my thoughts, my attitudes, my behaviour, etc - that need to be changed. All He wants me to do is to get into agreement with Him. He wants me to say, "God, I see this area in my life that You are showing me, and I agree that it needs to be changed. However, I am powerless to do it. If You don't do it, it won't get done. Show me what I need to do, and give me the power to do it." THIS is what it means to work out my salvation/righteousness - cooperationg with the Holy Spirit from the time we accept Christ as our Saviour to the day we meet Him face to face, allowing Him to work out of us our ungodly traits and work us into the character of Christ. When that happens to perfection, wouldn't I be following that previous list of 10 things you gave me to do according to Paul, Peter, James, John....???? Come on, you can't say no. But comparing this scriptural way to YOUR way, it's indeed going to be a stumbling block for you. Because you think it's effortless on my side. Which is true/understandable - my only effort would be being and spending time with the Lord, and He will change me because of that. You, like the Pharisees, want to have the self-glory that your godly actions are a result of the involvement of your direct efforts in changing yourselves. I have God's nature in me now which He had planted as a seed the minute I received Christ. I no longer have my sinful nature. I am a new creation. 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. Forgive me, but the only way I know how to bear the fruits from this seed is by watering it regularly with the water of the Word (Ephesians 5:26 by the washing with water through the word,). God provides just the right "temperatures" or circumstances we need to grow. The more I love God (because He first loved me), the more I hate sin and love the things He loves instead. The more I love God (because He first loved me), the more I want to do things to please Him. Is that so difficult to comprehend? 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. The power to change doesn't come from me - it comes from the Lord. My job is to continually get into the Word and see what Jesus looks like; like a mirror, the Scripture reflects His image. When I see what He is, I also see what I'm not. That's when I need to get into agreement with God and ask Him to change me. As time passes, a visible difference will be seen in my behaviour. |