Women
To belong to Jesus Christ is to "become a new person. The old life is gone, a new life has begun!" 2 Cor 5:17. New Living Translation. (NLT) .
Everyone born of a woman has fallen out of favour with his God. So there is a mandatory need to be reconciled to Him. This will reinstate the old nature of God into a man. The Adamic nature will begin to deplete and that of God will start to manifest. You can read Genesis 1:26 and 5-3.
It is sad that bringing forth children in the image and likeness of the human nature does not please God and it is not to human advantage. That is why it is very important that everyone should become a new person in Christ.
Let me cite an example of a popular family in the Holy Bible. This is the family of Job. The Holy Bible has this on record about him,
"He was blameless - a man of complete integrity. He feared God and
stayed away from evil." NLT.
In simple words that connect him to the initial part of this piece, you can say he had become a new person in Christ. He had changed his old lifestyle. This man of integrity lost all his personal and business belongings and it is on record that,"In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God. " Job 1:22. NLT.
He maintained his integrity against all odds.
Before evil befell him, it was on record that "Job would purify his children. He would get early in the morning and offer burnt offering for each of them," Job 1:5. This was his regular exercise. Why did a man of integrity need to do this always for his children? You may ask? The Holy Bible reveals,
" Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts."
It means that Job did not have confidence and trust that his children could not "curse God in their hearts". He was not sure that his children took after him as a man of integrity. He knew that the tendency is high that they could "curse God in their hearts". Let me call your attention to the fact that these children had nothing seriously good that points to integrity recorded in the Holy Scriptures.
Records about them says, "Job's sons would take turns preparing feasts in their homes, and would also invite their three sisters to celebrate with them. Job 1:4. Celebrations and merry making was their main stuff!
Then, I think it is important to ask the question," What is the source of the phrase,"cursed God in their hearts?
The heart is the workshop of every man. That is why God wants to occupy it. He alone should be allowed to control it.
In the negative experience of Job, the righteous, when it became so sour for him, the best advice his heartthrob, the wife of his youth could offer him was,
"Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die." Job 2:9. The right description given her by Job was, "You talk like a foolish woman.v9a. So, it is a foolish person that curses God in the heart or in words. This then becomes clear why Job entertained fear about his children." so, their mother is the source of these children of Job. This man of integrity knew his wife inside out. He also understood the ways of his sons and daughters that they took after their mother.
It is sad that, these children lost their lives on the same day, Scripture record says, "The house collapse, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you." Job 1:19.
It is very dangerous to create a permanent enmity between you and God. Destruction is the ultimate. Do not waste your life, become a new person in Christ that you may be able to walk in the integrity of your heart for the rest of your life.
Do you know what? I have come across a piece claiming that it was this same woman who gave birth to another set of seven sons and three most beautiful girls of the east. Is this in line with the way the Lord works. This woman lived her total life as an enemy of her maker. No record of her repentance is kept in the Holy Bible, nor is there anything that shows the became a woman of integrity.
NOTE FOR SALVATION
"The father loves the Son and has put everything into his hands.
And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn't
obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remain under God's
angry judgment" John 3:35-36
Stay blessed and prepared for the imminent coming of the Lord.
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