As born again believers/followers of Christ, We CANNOT conform to the way the world lives and acts. We are shown through "The Holy Scriptures" That We MUST UNLEARN The bad behavior that we picked up while living in this world WITHOUT Christ in our lives. WE MUST be like Christ in ALL that we do and NOT be overcome with evil but overcome evil with good, As GOD tells us to do! (Romans 12:1-21, 1 Peter 1:14, Isaiah 1:16-17, John 5:14, John 8:11, 1 Peter 3:9, Colossians 3:7-17, 23-25, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Corinthians 15:34, Galatians 5:14-26)
Note: As followers of Christ it MUST BE DEEPLY EMBEDDED in our being that "TWO WRONGS WILL NEVER MAKE A RIGHT TO A HOLY GOD!"...We're living for Christ and NOT for ourselves. (Ephesians 1:4, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Peter 1:15-16)
"DO YOU NOT KNOW that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN; you were BOUGHT at a price. Therefore HONOR God with your bodies." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
BE DOERS OF THE WORD OF GOD AND ALWAYS WALK IN LOVE! DO THINGS GOD'S WAY BECAUSE REAL LOVE... DOES CHANGE PEOPLE! (James 1:22, 1 John 4:7-12, John 8:31, 13:35)
The BIBLE Says: "If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I GAIN NOTHING. LOVE is patient, love is kind. It DOES NOT envy, it DOES NOT boast, it is NOT proud. It DOES NOT dishonor others, it is NOT self-seeking, it is NOT EASILY angered, it keeps NO RECORD of wrongs. Love DOES NOT DELIGHT in evil BUT REJOICES with the truth. It ALWAYS protects, ALWAYS trusts, ALWAYS hopes, ALWAYS perseveres. LOVE NEVER FAILS." (1 Corinthians 13:3-8)
The Bible also teaches us to: "Bless those who persecute you; BLESS and DO NOT CURSE..."(Romans 12:14) "DO NOT REPAY EVIL WITH EVIL OR INSULT FOR INSULT..." (1 Peter 3:9)
Friends, spend time with God daily, the closer we get to Jesus, the more we WILL BE and ACT like Him. (1 John 2:6) Jesus is returning soon and we must be His faithful "stuarts"/ A ready bride at ALL times... Jesus says: "So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.... "It will be GOOD for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns." (Matthew 24:44, 46, Luke 12:40, 43)
"FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE, AS I FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST." (1 Corinthians 11:1)
GOD BLESS YOU ALL NOW AND ALWAYS,
YOUR FRIEND,
VICKY RIVERA
