Very well put, Bruce. He died for us, we live for Him. Terry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Woodford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Jesus is Jehovah] > Hi Izzy, > Re my comments on Christ in Hebrews 1, you asked:"How does knowing this > change your daily life, Bruce?" > > Excellent question! I have maintained that no one believes anything which > they do not practice, or apply practically in their own lives. We can > PROFESS to believe many things and have a long list of lofty doctrines on a > "Doctrinal Statement" to which we subscribe, but how we live our lives from > day to day is our real "doctrinal statement". That is the one the world > "reads" and that is the one on which every believer will be judged at the > Judgment seat of Christ. > > The apostle Paul never wrote or subscribed to a written "doctrinal > statement"! Rather, he urged the Philippian saints to "do" nothing more and > nothing less than "Those things, which they had both learned, and received, > and heard, and seen in him!" Philippians 4:9 He also told the believers, > "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." He had nothing to do > with "orthodox doctrinal statements", but rather lived an "orthodox > lifestyle"! > > So how does what I believe about Christ affect my daily life? I view myself > as simply a servant of His. > I learned from Ps.123:2 that a servant looks to the hand of his master. (I > believe for two things:) > (1)For his assignments (what tasks the master expects him to accomplish each > day.) > (2)For the supply of his needs. > > For many years I was a "self-employed" business man who thought that he was > "in charge". But the Lord forceably brought to my attention that if I was > His servant, I was not to be "in charge" at all but rather "under authority" > to my rightful Master! > > I used to write invoices and charge for my services. But He began to show > me that when a Master assigns a servant to work, the servant does not look > to others for his needs, or write invoices to those whom the Master has > assigned him to serve! He rather looks to the hand of the one who assigned > the work in the first place and in so doing remembers His Lord's directive: > "Freely ye have received, freely give!" So for the last 4 years now, I have > sought to view the Lord Jesus Christ not only as my Savior, but also as my > Lord, my Master, and my Employer. Oh how faithful He has proven Himself to > be!! > > Your brother in the service of the very Best of Masters, > Bruce > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
