The Supremacy of Jesus Christ

He will glorify Me . . . —John 16:14

The holiness movements of today have none of the rugged reality of the New Testament about them. There is nothing about them that needs the death of Jesus Christ. All that is required is a pious atmosphere, prayer, and devotion. This type of experience is not supernatural nor miraculous. It did not cost the sufferings of God, nor is it stained with “the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 12:11). It is not marked or sealed by the Holy Spirit as being genuine, and it has no visual sign that causes people to exclaim with awe and wonder, “That is the work of God Almighty!” Yet the New Testament is about the work of God and nothing else.

The New Testament example of the Christian experience is that of a personal, passionate devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ. Every other kind of so-called Christian experience is detached from the Person of Jesus. There is no regeneration— no being born again into the kingdom in which Christ lives and reigns supreme. There is only the idea that He is our pattern. In the New Testament Jesus Christ is the Savior long before He is the pattern. Today He is being portrayed as the figurehead of a religion— a mere example. He is that, but He is infinitely more. He is salvation itself; He is the gospel of God!

Jesus said, “. . . when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, . . . He will glorify Me . . .” (John 16:13-14). When I commit myself to the revealed truth of the New Testament, I receive from God the gift of the Holy Spirit, who then begins interpreting to me what Jesus did. The Spirit of God does in me internally all that Jesus Christ did for me externally.

The Consecration of Spiritual Power

. . . by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world —Galatians 6:14

If I dwell on the Cross of Christ, I do not simply become inwardly devout and solely interested in my own holiness— I become strongly focused on Jesus Christ’s interests. Our Lord was not a recluse nor a fanatical holy man practicing self-denial. He did not physically cut Himself off from society, but He was inwardly disconnected all the time. He was not aloof, but He lived in another world. In fact, He was so much in the common everyday world that the religious people of His day accused Him of being a glutton and a drunkard. Yet our Lord never allowed anything to interfere with His consecration of spiritual power.

It is not genuine consecration to think that we can refuse to be used of God now in order to store up our spiritual power for later use. That is a hopeless mistake. The Spirit of God has set a great many people free from their sin, yet they are experiencing no fullness in their lives— no true sense of freedom. The kind of religious life we see around the world today is entirely different from the vigorous holiness of the life of Jesus Christ. “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one” (John 17:15). We are to be in the world but not of it— to be separated internally, not externally (seeJohn 17:16).

We must never allow anything to interfere with the consecration of our spiritual power. Consecration (being dedicated to God’s service) is our part; sanctification (being set apart from sin and being made holy) is God’s part. We must make a deliberate determination to be interested only in what God is interested. The way to make that determination, when faced with a perplexing problem, is to ask yourself, “Is this the kind of thing in which Jesus Christ is interested, or is it something in which the spirit that is diametrically opposed to Jesus is interested?”

The Focal Point of Spiritual Power

. . . except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . —Galatians 6:14

If you want to know the power of God (that is, the resurrection life of Jesus) in your human flesh, you must dwell on the tragedy of God. Break away from your personal concern over your own spiritual condition, and with a completely open spirit consider the tragedy of God. Instantly the power of God will be in you. “Look to Me. . .” (Isaiah 45:22). Pay attention to the external Source and the internal power will be there. We lose power because we don’t focus on the right thing. The effect of the Cross is salvation, sanctification, healing, etc., but we are not to preach any of these. We are to preach “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2). The proclaiming of Jesus will do its own work. Concentrate on God’s focal point in your preaching, and even if your listeners seem to pay it no attention, they will never be the same again. If I share my own words, they are of no more importance than your words are to me. But if we share the truth of God with one another, we will encounter it again and again. We have to focus on the great point of spiritual power— the Cross. If we stay in contact with that center of power, its energy is released in our lives. In holiness movements and spiritual experience meetings, the focus tends to be put not on the Cross of Christ but on the effects of the Cross.

The feebleness of the church is being criticized today, and the criticism is justified. One reason for the feebleness is that there has not been this focus on the true center of spiritual power. We have not dwelt enough on the tragedy of Calvary or on the meaning of redemption.

Direction of Focus

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters . . . , so our eyes look to the Lord our God . . . —Psalm 123:2

This verse is a description of total reliance on God. Just as the eyes of a servant are riveted on his master, our eyes should be directed to and focused on God. This is how knowledge of His countenance is gained and how God reveals Himself to us (seeIsaiah 53:1). Our spiritual strength begins to be drained when we stop lifting our eyes to Him. Our stamina is sapped, not so much through external troubles surrounding us but through problems in our thinking. We wrongfully think, “I suppose I’ve been stretching myself a little too much, standing too tall and trying to look like God instead of being an ordinary humble person.” We have to realize that no effort can be too high.

For example, you came to a crisis in your life, took a stand for God, and even had the witness of the Spirit as a confirmation that what you did was right. But now, maybe weeks or years have gone by, and you are slowly coming to the conclusion— “Well, maybe what I did showed too much pride or was superficial. Was I taking a stand a bit too high for me?” Your “rational” friends come and say, “Don’t be silly. We knew when you first talked about this spiritual awakening that it was a passing impulse, that you couldn’t hold up under the strain. And anyway, God doesn’t expect you to endure.” You respond by saying, “Well, I suppose I was expecting too much.” That sounds humble to say, but it means that your reliance on God is gone, and you are now relying on worldly opinion. The danger comes when, no longer relying on God, you neglect to focus your eyes on Him. Only when God brings you to a sudden stop will you realize that you have been the loser. Whenever there is a spiritual drain in your life, correct it immediately. Realize that something has been coming between you and God, and change or remove it at once.

4 Killer Strategy ''How To Promote a Christian Facebook Fanpage''

How to promote a christian Facebook fan page is an article for small business owners who want to also share in the huge audience Facebook has gained within the years. This days, Facebook is no news at least to almost two billion people. It has become the leading online market. From stars like Eminem, Big companies, to local business. It has even been define like the reason why people browse the internet. Making money on Facebook is becoming more and more practical and every one is getting on it like wild dogs. The stars and large companies are getting every thing because they use large advertising budgets leaving small business owners with little or nothing to feed on.

Let the title how to promote a christian Facebook fan page not discourage you if you are not a christian, you can still get on board and grab the idea on anything you are trying to promote on Facebook.

1) Search Traffic
The largest search engine on the internet is Google, and if your Facebook fan page is well optimise for google search engine, you can get tons of traffic coming your way. The first thing you want to do before you even create a Facebook fan page is to do a keyword research. For those of you who do not know what keyword research is, this are possible search terms that people will be searching google in order to locate your product. So what you want to do is make a list of search terms you know people will be looking for if they will want to know about what you want to promote. You can get a few say four and then use google keyword search tool for more variations. Choose the best and place it on your url address. You can also make the use of harsh tags on sites like Facebook and twitter (this is what a harch tag looks like #rhapsodyofrealities)

2) Social Media Marketing

Like facebook, there are also many other social media sites on the internet. You can use them to promote your Facebook fan page. Twitter is your best shot. There are also some good sites like stumbleupon, pinterest, digg, delicious... So what you want to do is create an account on each of this sites and get active until you get a followup audience and then you can promote your christian Facebook fan page.

3) Article Marketing

This is also a very effective method since you will be making use of keywords. So you can easily combine one and three. Write articles that relate to your product making sure your keywords are found at least three types in the article body (first, second and third paragraphs) and submit them to article directories like ezine article. You can include two links to your christian Facebook fan page. One at the end of the article and one in the resource box.

4) Build a Blog

You can create a blog on blogger to promote your product. This one also make use of keywords. So you can combine 1, 3 and 4. Here you will be writing blog posts to promote your products. it also has thesame formula like article make sure keywords are found at least three times in the blog post (first, second and third paragraphs). So in your article you can choose to place one link of your blog and one link of your christian Facebook fan page.

How to promote a christian Facebook fan page is a very useful article for small business owners with little or no advertising budget. Use this four strategies and you will get results be sure of that.

APPROACH GOD

EPHESIANS 3:12 – “In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
We are saved by a Gospel that tells us that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead. When you embrace this truth by faith, it is what saves us. The blood that Christ shed on the Cross of Calvary is the most precious commodity in the history of human kind. It is because of the blood that dripped from His hands, from His feet and from His head that we can have a lasting relationship with God Almighty today. A Cross was set up in the ground where His hands and feet were nailed. It was a bloody death. It was a painful death. It was a cursed death. It was so miserable. He was crushed, tortured, humiliated, dehumanized and brutally murdered. He responded with forgiveness, knowing that His death on the Cross would accomplish salvation for mankind. It is because of that supreme sacrifice that we can approach God today with freedom and confidence and have a relationship with Him. When we are tired and sick of our worldly business and frustrated in our worldly affairs, we are welcome to Christ.

As we go about our daily activities today, take note that Jesus Christ has made it possible for us to have a special friendship and closeness with God. If you once felt close to God but now feel distant or if you have never known the reality of a relationship with God, it is never too late to approach God for a lasting relationship. Seek His face in prayer and He has promised to answer you at the point of your need!

THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU

As long as we live, we will continue to be challenged by issues that will violate our conscience. Life is not fun and games; only serious minded people will be victorious. Remember, trouble needs no invitation before it comes but when it comes and when God allows it as a trial, you must not think it strange and doubt your Guard. The Bible makes us understand that the quality of faith is not measured by our attitude to God when things are good but when times are hard. I mean, when our fate seems to hang in the balance. It is in a critical situation like this, we know a man of faith because faith is not a product of reasoning faculties but of the recreated spirit. Faith is indeed a heart that believes God.

Moses was a man of faith. In the face of the Syrian army, he stood His ground without wavering. He was sure that the Lord would fight for him.
Exodus 14:13-14, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring to you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still”.
Whatever situation or trial you are passing through today, don’t see your trouble as a personal challenge but one against God Almighty – you and God are fighting the battle together. Who can battle with the Lord? He is greater than all the combined forces of hell and earth. He will definitely make a way, even where there seems to be no way.
As children of the Most High God, you are winning the battle with the Lord for you are not alone. So, whom shall you fear? Nobody because the Lord will fight the battle for you today, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, open the eyes of my faith that I may see the One fighting for me, in Jesus’ name.

The Changed Life

If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new —2 Corinthians 5:17

What understanding do you have of the salvation of your soul? The work of salvation means that in your real life things are dramatically changed. You no longer look at things in the same way. Your desires are new and the old things have lost their power to attract you. One of the tests for determining if the work of salvation in your life is genuine is— has God changed the things that really matter to you? If you still yearn for the old things, it is absurd to talk about being born from above— you are deceiving yourself. If you are born again, the Spirit of God makes the change very evident in your real life and thought. And when a crisis comes, you are the most amazed person on earth at the wonderful difference there is in you. There is no possibility of imagining that you did it. It is this complete and amazing change that is the very evidence that you are saved.

What difference has my salvation and sanctification made? For instance, can I stand in the light of 1 Corinthians 13 , or do I squirm and evade the issue? True salvation, worked out in me by the Holy Spirit, frees me completely. And as long as I “walk in the light as He is in the light” (1 John 1:7), God sees nothing to rebuke because His life is working itself into every detailed part of my being, not on the conscious level, but even deeper than my consciousness.

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