'ஆதவன்' 📖✝ வேதாகமத் தியானம் - எண்:- 1,124 💚 மார்ச் 08, 2024 💚 வெள்ளிக்கிழமை 💚
'AATHAVAN' 📖✝ BIBLE MEDITATION No:-
1,124 💚
March 08, 2024 💚
Friday 💚
"Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for
repentance." (Matthew 3:8)
The
Christian life is not living for one day alone; rather, it is a daily
cross-carrying experience. Similarly, repentance is not a one-day event.
Success lies in maintaining it. The excitement that comes from attending a few
convention meetings makes some people want to continue attending such meetings.
With this motivated intention, they consider themselves saved.
It
is like sitting on the beach, enjoying the sea breeze and the beauty of the
sea. We often like to go to the beach because its beauty and pleasure delight
us. But spiritual life is not like that. No matter how many meetings and
prayers we participate in without personal change in our lives, it is
fruitless. It is like enjoying the beauty of the ocean.
This
is what John the Baptist said to the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to him to
be baptised: "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come? Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance."
(Matthew 3:7, 8).
There
was no real conversion of heart among the Pharisees and Sadducees. Seeing
others, they also went to John to be baptised. They went to John with a desire
to see a famous person. That is why John called them the generation of vipers.
Yes,
dear, many Christians today consider themselves redeemed or saved because they
attend so-called spiritual churches. Our salvation should not be like enjoying
beauty; rather, it should consist of a continuous repentant life. A spiritually
fruitful experience will reflect Christ in us. A Christian is one who has that
experience.
Many
people today think that salvation is getting rid of beedi, cigarette, and betel
nut habits. Many witnesses in spiritual convention meetings profess like that.
But the truth is that you can get rid of them through medical methods. True
salvation must bring about a change in our inner man. Be full of spiritual
fruits. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance; against such there is no
law." (Galatians 5:22–23)
So
beloved, the Christian life with fruits is the spiritual life. Without it, we
will be empty-hearted Christians. When we surrender ourselves to the Spirit's
guidance and pray, not only are we freed from sin, but He will continually make
us merciful. The power of the Spirit is not to work miracles; instead, overcome
sin and live a fruitful life. Let's pray for that. Let us become kind and
reveal ourselves to the world.
God’s Message : Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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