“…for it is God who works in you
to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” Philippians 2:13
If you want your salvation to work:
Obey faithfully!
Obey fearfully!
AND obey fruitfully!
You know
salvation is working out when His will and His purpose happens through your
life!
Salvation works when you are committed to obeying His will and purposes. It doesn't work when you disobey. It is that simple!
When you are committed to obeying His will and purpose your life will bear spiritual fruit. When disobey his will and purpose there will be not fruit.
Charles Finney
noted this about obedience and sacrifice, “Revival is nothing more or less than
a new obedience to God!”
“Joy is the byproduct of obedience” - (Unknown)
D.
L. Moody has expressed it so well: “. . .Joy flows right on through trouble;
joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day;
joy flows all through persecution and opposition. It is an unceasing fountain
bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can’t see and doesn’t know
anything about. The Lord gives His people perpetual joy when they walk in
obedience to him”
Patrick
Morley’s book “Walking with Christ in the Details of Life.” It is a book of
meditations that includes one called “Revival: The Gospel of Addition.” In it,
he said the following, “The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of
addition without subtraction. It is the belief that we can add Christ to our
lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in
behavior… A changed life is one that has added Christ and subtracted sin, that
attracts a world weary of worn-out words. Obedience is the proof.”
"Have
you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how
little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been TRYING
TO SUBSTITUTE PRAYING FOR OBEYING, and it simply will not work. To pray for
revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in Scripture is to waste a
lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Prayer will become effective when
we stop using it as a substitute for obedience."
A.W. Tozer
A.W. Tozer
You
are more likely to OBEY YOURSELF INTO PRAYING than you are to pray yourself
into obeying!
HOW’S
YOUR OBEDIENCE? ARE YOU SEEING FRUIT IN YOUR LIFE?
HOW
IS YOUR SALVATION WORKING OUT?
I
AM GOING TO GUESS IT IS WORKING OUT IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO YOUR OBEDIENCE.