Who Will Persuade You?

Galatians 1:6, 10-11

⁶I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

¹⁰For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

¹¹But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

Sunday night after church, my cousin and I were eating and another church member came in who had given the message earlier. We began talking about how we as believers need to revisit/get back to the messge of The Cross. His message was, "Who is Jesus to You?" This is a question that all believers should ask themselves periodically. Your relationship with Jesus will determine how you answer this question. As for me, He is my Saviour, my life, my all in all, the keeper of my soul, my counselor, my peace, my friend, and so much more. He is something new to me daily and sometimes hourly. If you don't allow Jesus to be the "Lord" over your life you will be "soon removed" from Him. Another way to be "soon removed" from His Gospel, is to become caught up in people and their titles. Heaven will not honor man made titles. The man/woman that you are looking to as your "god" may or may not enter in but Jesus will be there. Jesus has always been there. So why not stay focused on the One who is preparing a place for you in heaven and who is coming back for you personally? Wow, now that's love!

Matthew 13:3-8

³And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

⁴And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

⁵Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

⁶And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

⁷And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

⁸But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Once you come to know Jesus as your personal Saviour, you should not be so easily persuaded away from His truth. The enemy will creep in and choke out the seed that has been planted if you are not cultivating it. If you are not studying the Word of God, how do you know what you believe? You will not have an answer for the opposition. Not studying will lead to much confusion and questioning when someone suggestions “another way.”

If you are a believer who has lost your way I want to encourage you to invite Him into your heart as you read this. Let Him be the Lord over your life. Lay all your cares and pressures on Him. Know that Jesus is your “daily” bread. Abide in Him. Trust Him.