"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word./With my whole heart have I sought thee"
Whatever you do do it with whole heart is a very simple and powerful principle, in secular as well as in our spiritual context. Of the latter is our focus here. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;/ Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."(Col.3:23-24) St Paul wrote these in a pagan world in which the early church was made up of the oppressed class and proselytes from the Jews or the Gentiles. The question of slavery has been present where the Law of sin made those who lived after the flesh were servants while the Law made man free. "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."(Ro.8:13). So slavery is actually a question of perspective. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."( John 8:32). In the same time there were Judaizers among the early church who sowed heresy, "And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage."(Gal.2:4;Ac.15:1,24). These are the sons of Belial who serves Satan to trouble the pure conscience of those who follow Law of the Spirit. "Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known."(De.13:13) In the modern context slavery is abolished by laws of nations but do we not see it yet very much encouraged when false ministers invoke Christian nationalism? Christian parents who ought to inculcate their children to follow this freedom should first set the example:"With my whole heart have I sought thee"" Will all those who have, please take a bow.
"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word./With my whole heart have I sought thee"
Whatever you do do it with whole heart is a very simple and powerful principle, in secular as well as in our spiritual context. Of the latter is our focus here. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;/ Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."(Col.3:23-24) St Paul wrote these in a pagan world in which the early church was made up of the oppressed class and proselytes from the Jews or the Gentiles. The question of slavery has been present where the Law of sin made those who lived after the flesh were servants while the Law made man free. "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."(Ro.8:13). So slavery is actually a question of perspective. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."( John 8:32). In the same time there were Judaizers among the early church who sowed heresy, "And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage."(Gal.2:4;Ac.15:1,24). These are the sons of Belial who serves Satan to trouble the pure conscience of those who follow Law of the Spirit. "Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known."(De.13:13) In the modern context slavery is abolished by laws of nations but do we not see it yet very much encouraged when false ministers invoke Christian nationalism? Christian parents who ought to inculcate their children to follow this freedom should first set the example:"With my whole heart have I sought thee"" Will all those who have, please take a bow.
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