Day By Day With Billy Graham 1 Corinthians 3:1 CEB 1 Brothers and sisters, I couldn’t talk to you like spiritual people but like unspiritual people, like babies in Christ. 10 I laid a foundation like a wise master builder according to God’s grace that was given to me, but someone else is building on top of it. Each person needs to pay attention to the way they build on it. 18 Don’t fool yourself. If some of you think they are worldly-wise, then they should become foolish so that they can become wise. Live Outside of Yourself Some people have received Christ but have never reached spiritual maturity. They have been in church all their lives, and yet they have never become mature Christians. They are still considered spiritual children and babes in Christ. They know little Scripture. They have little desire to pray, and bear few of the marks of a Christian in their daily living. To say, I will resolve to do better, I will muster all my will power and revise my way of living, is noble, but futile. A corpse could as well say, I will-through sheer effort-rise out of this coffin and be a living man again. You need a power outside yourself. You cannot get over the habits and chains that are binding you. You need outside help. You need Christ. The Bible tells of a bridge of faith which reaches from the valley of despair to the high hills of glorious hope in Christ. It tells where we are, but beyond that-it tells where we may be in Christ. Now, of course, you will not be completely mature until you are in the presence of Christ, but you should be growing every day as a Christian. Daily Prayer Lord, work through me this day, that I might be maturing as a Christian and come to know You better, that I might know Your perfect will for me.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:21:57 +0000
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