Living a Normal Christian Life toward Ourselves

Living a Normal Christian Life toward Ourselves

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rom 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil;
cling to what is good. (12) Rejoice in hope; endure in
tribulation; persevere in prayer.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We Christians should be a rejoicing people because we always
have the enjoyment of the Lord. If we enjoy the Lord in His
riches, we will not only be joyful inwardly, but we will be
rejoicing outwardly. Even in times of trouble we should and
can rejoice in hope. We are not people who are without God
and without Christ, having no hope (Eph. 2:12). We have God
and we have Christ. So, regardless of the situation, we have
hope and we can rejoice in hope.

We Christians must also be able to endure tribulation. We
must be an enduring people. By rejoicing in hope we can
endure any kind of tribulation. Chapter 5:3 says that we can
exult in tribulation. We not only endure, but also exult in
tribulation. In order to endure tribulation we need to be
persevering in prayer. We need to pray persistently. This
will not only enable us to endure tribulation, but also to
remain in the enjoyment of the Lord, in His presence and in
His will.

In addition to all this, as God's holy people, we must abhor
and conquer the evil things and cleave to the good things. We
Christians, who are separated unto God, must maintain the
highest standard of behavior, a standard above that of moral
and ethical people.

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Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee. Life-study of Romans,
pp. 318-319. Both are published by Living Stream
Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat 10/28/98)