Just Believe!

I was at my uncle’s place on a Sunday morning, he woke me up at about 04:30 am to iron my clothes for the service; without wasting much time, I hurried to the ironing board and ironed my shirt and trousers respectively from the outside; while I thought to myself that I had uniquely ironed my shirt. Just when I finished my uncle came around with his trousers, I offered to help him iron but he declined, insisting that I use the time for other things.
Since there were truly other things I had to do, I decided to move ahead to do them, just as I took few steps away, something caught my attention, ‘my uncle started ironing his trousers from the inside from the pocket.’
This really thrilled me because as a student who doesn’t really have the luxury of time, all I do is iron my shirt from the outside and that’s all! As if that wasn’t enough, just after ironing the trousers (he had already ironed his shirt the previous day), he brought out his underwear (boxer shorts) to the ironing board, and this wowed me.
While I thoughtfully watched my uncle, a thought came to my mind and I saw God giving me an illustration of what happens after salvation.
When God washes the life of a man with the blood of His Son; Jesus, just as my uncle washed his clothes with soap, God doesn’t stop there, He continues working on that cloth by ironing it from inside to the outside, just as my uncle did. This implies that even after we have been saved, God still desires to take His time to work on our lives from inside or from our inward parts, to our outward parts. God begins to work on our habits/parts that we cannot see at first but, will in a short while reflect because they are the deep issues of the heart: issues concerned with our mindset, our way of thinking, our views towards life, our habits and addictions, and these things in no time affect the way we speak, dress, behave and relate with other.
God has not saved you just to wear a “shirt and tie” and look like a “pastor” on Sunday, using sanctimonious words; He has saved you so that He can firstly work on your heart and give you a solid foundation in Him. God has not called you to patch you up; He has called you to totally renew you. Some will say “…as soon as you are born again, JUST BELIEVE AND YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE”, yes! That’s correct but, “THAT’S NOT ALL!”
There is a place of God working upon your heart through His Spirit to conform you to Himself; there is also a place of YOU fleeing every appearance of evil 1Thess. 5:22.
The work of Grace is not to save us from sin and leave us in sin, the work of Grace is to teach us to deny every form of ungodliness and worldly lusts, helping us to live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world. Titus 2:11-12.
God’s aim is to redeem us, Jesus gave himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and PURIFY unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Friends, don’t be deceived, don’t “just believe” that now that you are saved, you already have eternal life. Yes, you already do, but don’t stop there, “just believe” that Jesus can work on your heart, “just believe” that you can be made perfect, “just believe” that you can have victory over sin and every form of addiction, “just believe” that you can overcome “Worldly Lusts”, “just believe” that God can give you all you need to finish your race well, yes! “Just believe” but don’t stop at “just believing” you have eternal life, but keep believing until eternal life (which is the life of God) finds full expression in you. Keep believing and you will fully become like Him.

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FRIENDS BEWARE

2 Timothy 4:3-5
3 For the time will come when  they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they  heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn  away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.  5 But  watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist,  make full proof of thy ministry.
Friends beware,  there are so many false doctrines and demonic teachings around because these are the last days,  they will come and present the gospel to you like a piece of bread all in the name of Rhema or contextual explanation of the Bible, they are full of themselves believing they know it all, anyway that's the sign of how ignorant they are.
Know God for yourself, forsake not the ancient landmarks and separate yourself from them.
2 Timothy 6:1-5
1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters  worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not  blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not  despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do  them service,  because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These  things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not  to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to  the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing  nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof  cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of  men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is  godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

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