{"id":15071,"date":"2016-12-29T09:57:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T14:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15071"},"modified":"2016-12-29T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T15:00:59","slug":"deserter-or-disciple-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=15071","title":{"rendered":"Deserter or Disciple?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZuJWQzjfU3o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. \u2014John 6:66<\/p>\n<p>When God, by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision of His will, you must \u201cwalk in the light\u201d of that vision (1 John 1:7). Even though your mind and soul may be thrilled by it, if you don\u2019t \u201cwalk in the light\u201d of it you will sink to a level of bondage never envisioned by our Lord. Mentally disobeying the \u201cheavenly vision\u201d (Acts 26:19) will make you a slave to ideas and views that are completely foreign to Jesus Christ. Don\u2019t look at someone else and say, \u201cWell, if he can have those views and prosper, why can\u2019t I?\u201d You have to \u201cwalk in the light\u201d of the vision that has been given to you. Don\u2019t compare yourself with others or judge them\u2014 that is between God and them. When you find that one of your favorite and strongly held views clashes with the \u201cheavenly vision,\u201d do not begin to debate it. If you do, a sense of property and personal right will emerge in you\u2014 things on which Jesus placed no value. He was against these things as being the root of everything foreign to Himself\u2014 \u201c\u2026for one\u2019s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses\u201d (Luke 12:15). If we don\u2019t see and understand this, it is because we are ignoring the underlying principles of our Lord\u2019s teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Our tendency is to lie back and bask in the memory of the wonderful experience we had when God revealed His will to us. But if a New Testament standard is revealed to us by the light of God, and we don\u2019t try to measure up, or even feel inclined to do so, then we begin to backslide. It means your conscience does not respond to the truth. You can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That moment marks you as one who either continues on with even more devotion as a disciple of Jesus Christ, or as one who turns to go back as a deserter.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. \u2014John 6:66<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When God, by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision of His will, you must \u201cwalk in the light\u201d of that vision (1 John 1:7). Even though your mind and soul may be thrilled by it, if you don\u2019t \u201cwalk in the light\u201d of it you will sink to a level of bondage never envisioned by our Lord. Mentally disobeying the \u201cheavenly vision\u201d (Acts 26:19) will make you a slave to ideas and views that are completely foreign to Jesus Christ. Don\u2019t look at someone else and say, \u201cWell, if he can have those views and prosper, why can\u2019t I?\u201d You have to \u201cwalk in the light\u201d of the vision that has been given to you. Don\u2019t compare yourself with others or judge them\u2014 that is between God and them. When you find that one of your favorite and strongly held views clashes with the \u201cheavenly vision,\u201d do not begin to debate it. If you do, a sense of property and personal right will emerge in you\u2014 things on which Jesus placed no value. He was against these things as being the root of everything foreign to Himself\u2014 \u201c\u2026for one\u2019s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses\u201d (Luke 12:15). If we don\u2019t see and understand this, it is because we are ignoring the underlying principles of our Lord\u2019s teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Our tendency is to lie back and bask in the memory of the wonderful experience we had when God revealed His will to us. But if a New Testament standard is revealed to us by the light of God, and we don\u2019t try to measure up, or even feel inclined to do so, then we begin to backslide. It means your conscience does not respond to the truth. You can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That moment marks you as one who either continues on with even more devotion as a disciple of Jesus Christ, or as one who turns to go back as a deserter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. \u2014John 6:66 When God, by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision of His will, you must \u201cwalk in the light\u201d of that vision (1 John 1:7). 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