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Crucified with Christ to Show My Values!




"For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake." - 2 Corinthians 4:5 

Anyone can call themselves a servant of God. So how do we know who's who? Let us look at the Bible for an answer: 

"By their fruits you will recognise them..." - Matthew 7:16 

What are these 'fruits'? 
Good question. These fruits are your actions. Let's look at the fruit of the Spirit: 
So, if we are going to discern a true Christian or not, we should answer these questions: 

 Is this person loving? 
Is this person joyful? 
Is this person peaceful? and so on. 

 And one MOST important question: 

 DOES THIS PERSON - LISTEN TO GOD'S WORD ACT UPON GOD'S WORD? 

 I made sure that was understood by using the big font. To learn more about acting on God's Word, click here. We must preach the full gospel of Christ, without fail, and without twisting or removing any thing. You give it out, just as it was. Use this example: 
Frank was given some chocolate cake, and had eaten some of it before he gave it to Jane

Some of us are like Frank. There are some bits we don't want to teach, so we erase them or twist them into something else. God's Word is not preached to its full effectiveness if it is not preached properly. Of course you can break it down so people understand, but you must still be aiming for them to understand that Word as it was. No removing, twisting, nothing. Just explaining or understanding. Just as it is! 




What does the verse above mean, and you said to give it 'just as it is'? 
This means that the Word you are given, has to be understood by the people you preach to.  That's no excuse for twisting and removing though! 

 "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." - Galatians 2:20 
What?!!! Crucified?! But I haven't died! Just...what does this mean!!!
What Paul is saying here is that he does not live for himself anymore. His old ways were gone. Now instead, Christ lives inside of Him and Paul gave His message 'just as it was' that it made the religious leaders mad! He had to tell them the truth, so that they may be set free and see their ignorance! (John 6:32-33) We are crucified in Christ, so let us show our fruits! 

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