Warm Conviction

Good Morning, My Friend!! Conviction is one main characteristic of Christians. We have strong beliefs concerning God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the Bible, heaven and hell. Such religious certainty is often unpopular today.  Paul believed with all of his heart and mind that he was commissioned by God. He was an apostle, not because some man had appointed him, but because he had been chosen by Jesus Christ and God the Father. Paul was God's special ambassador. Of this he was convinced.

(GOD)Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.—2 Timothy 1:9 (KJV)

As Christians we have been charged with being arrogant, exclusive, insensitive and intolerant,...and it is true that conviction have at times led to wrong attitudes,...but it's not always that way. Our convictions about Jesus as the only Savior and Lord are not something we come to after some long, inadequate, effort to find God. What we know of God is not a product of our searching. Rather, it is a gracious gift of God affirmed in us by the Holy Spirit. We did not seek and find God,...on our own,....but He pursues and finds us!

" But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." (1 Peter 2:9, NIV)

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Sweet Spirit of God, in all ways, help us to develop and demonstrate warm conviction to the Word. In Jesus' name. Amen.

" God is sovereign. Only by allowing Him to have free reign in our overly scheduled days, gives us the peace and joy that blesses us,...and other."