The important thing is not how we begin our lives, but how do we finish it. We may have a good testimony when we start our Christian life, but what is our condition now? Has our love for God grown cold? Are we like the church in Ephesus who left their first love?
“and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.” This was the way that the Macedonian Christians made contributions.
If we have the unity in Spirit, we will be able to love one another as Christ loved us.
We are continuously being saved by the life of Jesus. Through Jesus we can be reconciled to the Father and thus have peace with God. This peace with God will help us to have peace with others also.
We are not of this world. We have been bought at a price. Let us read from James 1:27, “Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” We can see here that this…
