You Belong To Christ!

Tuesday's Devotion (3-8-05)

"Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life." Mark 10:28-30 (KJV)

This is an awesome promise. I think of this promise almost every time I hear about a family member or etc, who is bringing someone else in their own family further away from the Lord. Some of the stuff I have heard is awful. I've heard women say, "I must obey my husband, but he wants me to watch pornography with him," or, "He wants me to do drugs." The list goes on, the sad part is that these women think it's, "Their duty to their husbands and to God" to obey their husbands, even in these situations. Our first duty is to the Lord Jesus Christ. If someone is bringing you away from the Lord, or if they're causing you to sin then you need to get away from them. You need to put the Lord first, put your salvation first! If you do then you have this promise with you: You will receive one hundred times more in this life and eternal life in the next! If you stay faithful to God then God will be faithful to keep His promise! Some spouses will say, "You'll do what I say, I own you!" You belong to Christ! You are to be pleasing to God rather than pleasing to people!

Let me clear something up. The Bible teaches us not to disown people just because they're unbelievers. Some people will confuse today's scripture and they'll stop all association with unbelievers. Spouses will get divorces because their spouse is an unbeliever, but the Bible says, do not divorce because your spouse is an unbeliever! Before you start kicking people out of your lives, ask yourself, "Is this person causing me to fall? Is this person coming in-between my walk with the Lord? Do I love this person or thing more than the Lord?" Those are the things that we need to seriously ask ourselves. If the answer is, "Yes" to those questions, then you might consider leaving that thing/person. Remember this first and foremost: You belong to Christ!

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please help us to put you first in our lives, and to leave behind anything that is drawing us further away from you. In Jesus name. A-men!

God bless!

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