What person can beat their chest or say I am righteous to God He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God...Micah 6:8? And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get. But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner. I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted...Luke 18:9-14. What person can beat their chest or say I am righteous to God? Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do...Luke 17:10. We are truly unprofitable servants of God because we require the blood of Jesus Christ to forgive us our sins or evil deeds. None is righteous for all have sinned and fallen short of the Perfection or Glory of God. Jesus imputed righteousness is our only claim to heaven. May we all be humble and walk in the Light as Jesus is in the light so we can be continually cleansed of our wrongs. Prayer Father we are but unprofitable servants please forgive us and equip us to serve You and Your only Son Jesus and meet our soul’s deepest needs and heal our bodies…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

About Jesus of Nazareth… but of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows...Hebrews 1:8-9. though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation...Hebrews 5:8-9. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him...John 3:16-17. and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him...1 John 2:2-4. Do you know God’s only Son Jesus the Christ of Nazareth…yes or no? Have you died to yourself and are living for Jesus after being baptized? Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the dead after having offered himself as a sacrifice for sin in the atoning work of salvation. Jesus is the propitiation or forever atoning sacrifice for our sinful or evil deeds. All we who have been baptized need to do is stop our evil or sinful deeds and confess our sins and we have reconciliation with God our Father. Are you faithful to Jesus you staying in the will and working of God by keeping the commandments…Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one (Authority) : and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these....Mark 12:29-31. Prayer Father please forgive us and grant us repentance unto the confession of our evil or sinful deeds and meet our soul’s deepest needs and heal us from our own sinful pasts…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Are you persuaded Jesus is your Lord and Master…yes or no? For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day...2 Timothy 1:12. Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him: if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us: if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself...2 Timothy 2:11-13. And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will...2 Timothy 2:24-26. Are you caught in the snare of the devil...yes or no? Have you died with Jesus in baptism (Rom 6:1-4) and been raised with Him (Col 2:12)…yes or no? Perhaps you have fallen somehow and caught in the snare of the devil…perhaps you are working on someone who is caught in the snare of the devil. They have to acknowledge the truth or confess the sin or agreement that landed them in the snare of the devil. They have to acknowledge they have an agreement or been snared by the devil to do the devil’s will. Will you renounce the devil and acknowledge the truth…yes or no? Have you been baptized or will you be baptized in order to be raised with Jesus? Yes or no? Prayer Father we renounce satan your enemy and all forms of darkness please grant us repentance and reveal the needed truth we need to be saved and cleansed from our past evil deeds and change to please You…and meet our soul’s deepest needs that we may be in health and prosper as our soul prospers…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen, Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Many when asked are you going to Heaven when you die say I hope so… Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time...1 Peter 1:3-5. And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure...1 John 3:3. For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth? But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God...Romans 8:24-27. Hanging on patiently every day in Christ Jesus our Lord We have an eternal hope of living in Christ here on earth and when we die in heaven above. Hope has two ingredients a desire and an expectation. We desire heaven and its rewards and expect by our faith to receive an entrance into Heaven. Our faithful obedience to the word of God increases our hope of rewards. We can know we have loved God and our neighbor by our deeds and prayers. Are you a living hope of entering into heaven? Many say when asked are you going to heaven I hope so. This does not disqualify our faith in our obedience to Jesus but by the desire and expectation we wait for our Lord to return in Judgement or our death to depart and be with Him. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

We walk by faith and not by sight… For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith...Romans 12:3 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me...Galatians 2:20. if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister...Colossians 1:23. Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith. And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God...1 John 5:2-5. Faith is rooted in the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our belief that God has sent His only Son to be a forever atoning sacrifice for our sins and the work Jesus did on the cross cause us to change and become like God. We learn a way of truth telling and begin practicing the truth we have revealed to us through faith in Jesus and what is written in the New Testament of Christ. This faith of living and breathing for God and His Son Jesus changes our day-to-day life. Each of us can call on God and find faith in our daily activities. May we each learn to exercise faith and practice the truth revealed to us. Prayer Father please give us more faith and reveal more truth and meet our soul’s deepest needs as we learn to obey You and Your only Son Jesus teachings in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Walk in the fear of God…not men… So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure...Philippians 2:12-13. Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men: knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free...Ephesians 6:5-8. Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty...2 Corinthians 6:17-18. Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God...2 Corinthians 7:1. And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father: but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven...Matthew 10:28-33. I have heard it explained that F.E.A.R. = False Evidence Appearing Real. You ever been where following God seemed like it would end badly? If you ever find yourself in these circumstances then Fear God and keep His commandments…Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones...Proverbs 3:7-8. We must remain faithful in the fear of death and never deny our Lord and Master Jesus Christ of Nazareth. So do not deny Jesus but confess Him before men and it will bless you. Prayer Father please help us to work out our salvation even with the Spirit of Fear of You so we can remain faithful to Your Only Son Jesus and meet our soul’s deepest needs and heal our soul’s deepest wounds In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Rest for your soul… Jesus said… All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light...Matthew 11:27-30. Jesus said… I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture. The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep...John 10:9-11. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me...John 14:6. Jesus said if you take His teaching upon you then you find rest for your souls…what does rest for your soul mean…does not mean freedom from evil or the freedom to practice the truth God reveals to you…Yes or No? Jesus said He gives a light and easy yoke of burden and that He came to give us an abundant life and life full of life that He will Shepherd us as the Good Shepherd and that He is the Way to eternal life the Truth we need to get to Heaven and a Life that is well pleasing to the Father which results in eternal life. Jesus also said You will know the truth and the truth will set you free…Will you take Jesus yoke of truth upon you and learn about Him by reading the New Testament of Christ…Yes or no? If you do then you find rest for your souls. Prayer Father we accept and confess we want to know the truth and find rest for our souls so we can free from evil influences…please meet our soul’s deepest needs and heal our wounds we forgive those who have done us wrong…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Do you give God honor with your lips or your heart and deeds… And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me...Mark 7:6. Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness...2 Timothy 2:19. And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will...2 Timothy 2:24-26. How many Christians have honored Jesus with the great confession that Jesus You are the only Son of God and yet deny Him by our deeds. Jesus said to love God with all of your heart, mind, soul, spirit, and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself. Is the church balancing love and law or are we just practicing law and not applying with mercy and love. There has to be a balance of law and mercy…listen to what Jesus said to the leaders in His day… Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel...Matthew 23:23-24! How can we do better at treating those who are among us with Justice as in treating them just and showing mercy and exercising or rewarding faith? Prayer Father we confess we have not had a balance of law and mercy at times and we need You to meet our soul’s deepest needs so we can practice law with mercy and treating people justly (right) in exercising faith in Your only Son Jesus of Nazareth…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Why was Jesus the Christ of Nazareth baptized… John the Baptist a prophet preached a message all Jews had to obey to be faithful to God… Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way; The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight; John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins...Mark 1:2-5. So If you were a Jew and Jesus being from the tribe of Judah was indeed a Jew you had to repent or stop sinning or doing evil and be baptized for the forgiveness or remission of your sins. Jesus never sinned or did an evil thing…therefore He did not need to repent or be forgiven having His sins in remission…so why did Jesus get baptized of John… John was a prophet with a new message of forgiveness repent and be baptized for the remission of sins…any Jew had to obey this message from a true prophet. Jesus when He came to be baptized of John…John stopped Him knowing He did not need forgiveness or to repent…but Jesus said allow it to fulfill all righteousness sake. In my words…Jesus said I have to obey the same message or I will sin by being disobedient to a prophet from God who has commanded all to repent and be baptized. Jesus obeyed a command to repent and be baptized for the remission of sin out of shear obedience to the command…we should learn from His example and be obedient to baptism that is now preached in Jesus name. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased....Matthew 3:13-17. Prayer Father help us to obey your commands which include baptism for the remission of our sins and meet our soul’s deepest needs in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Are you faithful…yes or no? If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us...1 John 1:6-10. Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working...James 5:16. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God....1 John 4:15. Have you broken one of God’s commandments? 1. Have you received from any other table other than the Creator and His Only Fathered Son Jesus Christ of Nazareth…Yes or No? 2. Have you Blasphemed or used God name in anything other than prayer or teaching…Yes or No? 3. Have you worshipped the created…Yes or No? 4. Have you kept yourself Holy so you can approach God in prayer or worship…Yes or No? 5. Have you honored your mom and dad…Yes or No? 6. Have you murdered…Yes or No? 7. Have you had sex outside of marriage…no adultery…Yes or No? 8. Have you stolen…Yes or No? 9. Have You born false witness…lied or supported a lie…Yes or No? 10. Have you coveted or wanted something or someone God has not given you…Yes or No? If you have answered in the yes to breaking on of these commandments then you need to stop in repentance and confess to Jesus your sin and begin walking again in the light as He is in the Light and His blood will cleanse you from all sin. Prayer Father please have mercy on us and forgive us our sins and meet our soul’s deepest needs and confirm these truths to us in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen, Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

We see Paul teaching the commandments…by Implication... 1. Have no other God (no idolatry) (Col 3:5) 2. Not take the name of God in vain (blasphemy) (1 Tim 1:20) 3. Not to worship graven images (no idolatry) (Col 3:5) 4. Keep yourself Holy (Gal 5:16) or as Jesus told the woman at the well walk in Spirit and Truth (John 4:23-24) so you may approach God anytime in worship or prayer. The Jew is they had not keep themselves Holy they had to offer a sacrifice…they would be in the sinner line offering the required sacrifice which usually was animals. 5. Honor your mom and dad (Eph 6:2-3) 6. Thou shall not murder (no anger or wrath) (Col 3:8) 7. Thou shall not commit adultery (no fornication or sex only in marriage) (Col 3:5) 8. Thou shall not bear false witness (lie not one to another) (Col 3:9) 9. Thou shall not steal (Eph 4:28) 10. Thou shall not covet (covetousness) (Col 3:5) Not to mention Galatians list of sins… Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ...Galatians 5:19-21. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Who do you serve this world or the righteousness found in Christ Jesus… For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness...Romans 6:14-18. Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men: knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free...Ephesians 6:5-8. Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying; not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world...Titus 2:9-12. We belong to the church of Christ meaning we belong to Jesus Christ of Nazareth who is the head of the church. We are His servants and we are encouraged by the above words not to serve this world but to serve in righteousness in pleasing Christ by pretending or acting as our bosses are Jesus and treating them as if they are Him. Can you make it through a day pretending everyone in Jesus and treating them in right doing…it takes effort and when we fail there is mercy and grace to help in times of need… Prayer Father please teach us how to please Jesus Christ Your only Fathered Son and to live righteous in the crooked world…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #benjaminbrianstewart #Love #Christianity #Faith #Bible #Jesus #Prayer #Art #ChristianLife #Gospel #ChristianInspiration #Salvation #ChristianCommunity #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography