MEMORY VERSE: Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of
the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in
faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Num 2, Ps 36, Eccl 12, Phm 1
Sometimes
back I was witnessing to a brother and I asked him if he had given his
life to Christ. He answered and said “I am a believer”. Out of curiosity
I asked him why he thought he was a believer. He said “I am believer
because i believe there is a God.” I then told him that the devil must
be a believer then. He said why? I said because the devil believes that
there is a God. The fact that you believe in one God don't make you a
believer. He then said " i believe in heaven and hell too" ; I told him
that witches and wizards believe in heaven and hell too but we all know
they are not believers. He said no. Many see themselves as believers
because they believe in one God. If the definition of a believer is the
fellow who believes in one God then most assassins, armed robbers,
adulterers and fornicators are strong believers then because most of
them believe in one God anyway.
Someone may define a believer as a
fellow who believes in Jesus and has accepted Him as his personal Lord
and savior. Wonderful, that would mean a fellow who has accepted Jesus
as his personal Lord and savior; and still robs God in tithes and
offering is a believer. Would you really call a fellow who is stealing
from God a believer? I don’t think God sees such a fellow as a believer.
OK, what if the fellow pays his tithes but don't witness, is he a
believer? Well Jesus said in Luke 11:23, he that is not with me is
against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Would you
consider a fellow who is not witnessing as a fellow gathering with
Christ? It is either you are bringing souls to Christ or you are driving
them away, there is no middle point. An individual scattering what
Jesus is gathering, is he fit to be called a believer?
Who then
is a believer? I would use the doctor- patient analogy. You will never
see a patient arguing with the doctor's diagnosis, prognosis or
prescription. The patient believes in the doctor so much that he never
argues with him; he carries out the doctor’s instruction to the letter.
Even if the patient is exhibiting some symptoms and the doctors say
don't worry, He never worries. The patient does this because he believes
in the doctor. He trusts the doctor's knowledge and experience. A
believer is a fellow who never argues with the instruction of God but
carries it out to the letter. A patient trusts the timing of the doctor,
if he is advised to take a particular pill at 2pm he does so without
asking questions. So also a believer trusts in the timing of God, He
believes God is never late. The patient trusts the doctor with his life
because he believes that the doctor can never get it wrong. So also a
believer trusts God with his destiny because he believes that God can
never get it wrong.
QUESTION: Are you a believer?
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