Bruce, Totally excellent answer! I agree. You believe what you "walk"; not just what you "talk". The older I get the less I worry about the intricacies of doctrine compared to the simplicity of living a righteous life. I really like your statement about Paul living an orthodox lifestyle--I'm sure he did.
Your statement about your business (what is it?) is making me wonder if you don't charge for your services. Is that possible? Neither do I. But then I have a husband to bring home the paycheck. :-) Izzy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Woodford Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
