2007-10-28 16:28:03 · 21 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It seems like we all love crosses.Their on the Church Steeples, on our Bibles, made into jewelery. But there are two crosses that we do not like.The the cross that we are to bear, and the one that we are to be crucified upon.
When one is crucified their hands and feet are bond or nailed to the cross.The body of flesh becomes totally subjected to the will of the cross.When we continually find ourselves sinning the same sins over and over again it is because we are not submitting to the will of the cross.We might say that we are just to weak, satan provides us with many excuses today for the evil that he wants us to dwell in.But the truth is we have no excuses."The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations..2 Peter 2:9a.Many will tell you today that we cannot earn our salvation, and they are right.Salvation is free to us because Jesus paid the price for it.But it will cost you everything to keep it, Luke 18:22.You will always find Christians among the crosses
"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me" Mathew 16:24.
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin" Romans 6:6.
"And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts'' Galatians 5:24.
UNSILENCED LAMB, my heart aches for you, I know what it is like to have to un-in-doctrinate yourself.But each day will be a new and better one, I can promise you that.Keep going, there is nothing back there to go to.God be with you.
2007-10-28 16:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Prayer by all means would have to be the strongest I would say, and of course living for Him. Letting the Holy Spirit mold you into what God would have you be. Even though we are still sinners we can still strive to be a good testimony for the lost, and even for the saved. God is our role model and no human should be, because there is only one that is perfect. Also by reading how the apostles lived, and what pleased Jesus, and how He wanted them to live like.
To maintain a personal relationship you must have one first, and in order to obtain one you must be saved.
2007-10-28 21:55:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was in the army we had to go over the same thing two or three times a month. We had to do this so we would not forget the important things that would protect us and other people in combat. To stay in a relationship with our Lord we have to stay prayed up and study His word often. This helps us to overcome temptation in life and keeps us save from the evil world around us. Good question! God bless
2016-05-25 23:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by marietta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To maintain a relationship with Christ you must pray. He is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. You must also, to the best of your abilities, follow His commands, which He summed up into these. #1"Love the Lord God with all your heart, all your mind, and all your soul."
#2 "Love your neighbor as yourself." In these 2 commandments hangs all the Law and the Prophets. Read the Word of God.
2007-10-28 16:36:52 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.& Mrs.CoolBreeze SFCU 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My greatest help in maintaining my personal relationship with Jesus, is the thought that He would have hung on that cross just for me if I had been the only sinner in the world. He still loved me enough that He would have done that just for me.
Also, you can grow closer through prayer, through constantly thanking Him for all He has done for us, and asking Him to guide you in the direction you need to go. He will put opportunities out there for you if you trust in Him.
Also, through the study of God's Word, and by having fellowship with other Christians.
2007-10-28 16:34:09 · answer #5 · answered by Faye 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think of my father almost every day. I think of Jesus most days. I often silently pray to them and ask for them to continue looking after us and thank them for the things I have.
I don't go to church but I don't think that really matters. Father and Jesus know us going to church will not change that. I also believe that religon is no longer a thing to follow. Each faith has been created by man to meet the need of someone. Look at the Anglican church for example they are looking at separating from each other over female priest. Look at the Church of Enland and why they were created. Think of the Muslim community and read who the authors of the Karan were. Look at the Buddit monks and where there faith came from. Each as good as those faithful to it think it is fights within, with other religons etc.
So I maintain my personal relationship with Father and Jesus by talking to them where ever I am.
2007-10-28 16:36:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Primarily, by following Christ and Christ's example.
The bible itself most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"
(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.
(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”
(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name
So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
Learn more!
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/20050422/article_02.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm
2007-10-29 06:44:50 · answer #7 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is personally been very hard for me since leaving the Witnesses. I never had a relationship with god as a witness, and I had a very abusive father, so it is very hard for me to understand God's fatherly love
God has saved me and nurtured me and kept me well, in spite of my inability to love him in the way that I want to...I do have joy and guilt free worship, the rest is coming slowly.
2007-10-28 16:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Same as any relationship. Constant communication.
Yours in Christ,
Miss Mona
2007-10-28 16:31:23 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Mona Gone Rogue 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I make sure to make time for Him. Every evening I have my "quiet time" where I read some scriptures, or maybe listen to some Christian songs, etc, and then I pray. I find that when I make time for Him, I feel my relationship with Him gets stronger. Good luck, and God bless.
2007-10-28 16:31:35 · answer #10 · answered by Southern Gal 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋