I was re-thinking my title for this post, because it sounds too lofty and spiritual. Lol. I feared people might be turn off by that. But the truth is that, when we were born again, God took us out of the kingdom of darkness and put in His kingdom. His kingdom is heavenly and spiritual, so the title remains.
Satan has no more power over us. Oh he will try. He will whisper lies or remind us of our past life, but we must cling to the truth that we are now in God's kingdom.
We must actively pursue God so He teaches us what that should look like in our lives.
We must never forget where we are and whose we are. It will not automatically happen.
See, when we are born again, and God relocated us, we must now learn how to live in His kingdom. It is different rules, and different life. This means that all of my old life I must die to, stop living, and now live Christ way. I am a citizen of heaven. Hey!
BUT.....
We must have repented from sins and old life, confess our sins to God (not the priest)-by this we know that as God sees the sincere heart, He will rebirth us. And now, we deliberately learn how to go be a citizen of heaven.
It is more than going to go church, it is more than saying a few prayers, God sees the heart, and even acts like those can be done with a wrong motivated heart and God will not accept us.
I challenge you to become His disciple and accept His conditions to following Him in Matthew 16:24
"If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me."
Will you truely follow Him?
