Values of the Heart
Values of the Heart
Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com
The Kingdom of God is upside down to the ways of this world. The Kingdom of God may be in us, however we don’t have the kingdom in our minds or in our lives. The values of our heart will show that we are not living Kingdom living.
Upside down Kingdom:
“So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen”. We can see that in the Kingdom of God the last are first and the first are last. What a ideal that could change our lives to better the true Christian life. –See Matt. 20:16.
“Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. Wow if you want to be great you must be a servant first. This is not what we are hearing in the world. If you want kingdom life it begins in servant hood. –See Matt. 20:26.
“But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. “And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. The way of success is the way of humility. Where was the last time you heard this kind of teaching within the church walls? You can see why God is not showing up, we are not humble. –See Matt. 23:11-12.
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. Wow once again God’s kingdom is built on those who are not wise, mighty, or noble. Our thinking must change into the ways of the Kingdom of God today. –See 1 Cor. 1:26-31.
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Many are trying to save their lives, save their visions, save themselves however, if you gain Christ over all and you lose your life for Christ’s will you will gain your life. Many of us wonder why we don’t have the life of God in us. Yes if you are Born Again you have the life of God in you. Beside, do you have the life of God in your whole life? Why is this, we are loving our life more then Jesus and those around us. –See Matt. 16:25.
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. In the Kingdom God wants our weakness not our strengths. God gives us the power of Christ if we have weakness. So where we have strength we have no power of Christ. You can’t build the church on your strength instead on your weaknesses. Wow our thinking must change. Our minds are enemies of God, and our sermons are from our human thinking is only of this world instead of the Kingdom of God. --See2 Cor. 12:9.
What may not be in this world however, we act like the world more then being like Christ and the Kingdom of God. The World is as Babylon a world that cannot overcome the coming times. What is the world you may ask? The world has rank first gold, then silver, precious stones and peals, fine linen, and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; “and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. This is what the world is the souls of men and their bodies are at the bottom of the ranking merchandise world. There is nothing wrong with gold etc. only if these things come before the souls of men and bodies of men. This is what has happen in the so-called modern day church. We must repent of having wrong values in our hearts. —See Rev. 18:12-13.
What do you love?
We are to love the Lord with all of heart, with all of mind, with all might. We are to love our wives or Husbands, we our to love our children, we are to love our brothers and sisters in Christ; we are to love those in the world.
However, today we do not love these things above. We may say we do love these things? Today we are loves of ourselves, lovers of money, and Lovers of pleasure rather then lovers of God. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, and covetousness, is the sin of idolatry. This has become the life force of many who call themselves Christians.
The new trinity of many in the church today is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Many say they love God only a few obey His word.
This ungodly trinity, which stands against the true Trinity, has made us to set up many idols in our hearts. Yes we have ask Jesus into our heart however we share our heart with many idols such as the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life. These have become three rivers that flow from our hearts to the world.
The idols in our hearts cause us to stumble into iniquity of not loving the lost and drying world. Our love ones do not believe in our witness for the reason we talk the gospel and at the same time the three evil rivers come out of us. These three rivers hinder many from the gates of salvation. Why do you say such things to us? If we don’t love God and keep His word, He will not come, dine and manifest Himself to us.
Our thoughts are full of the idols of our heart. How much thinking is not on the things of God or the things that matter? We live a life with things that does not matter. Do you feed the poor, do you love your brother in need, do you share the gospel with those around you, do you live the Christian life, and do you keep His Word? Our idolatry thoughts are incense before our Lord in Heaven.
“Because you say, “I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked!” –See Rev. 3:17. Christ wants your heart, mind and might again. It is time to repent and become in love with the Lord. It is time to be passionate lover of Christ; it is time to fear the Lord in everything we do. Let the love of God be in one hand and in the other the fear of the Lord.
It is time to come back to the love of Christ; it is time to repent of our sins. Clean our hearts before the living God. Walk the true Christian walk. Reach out to the world with the real gospel. It is time to come back to what realty matters. It is time for godly character and Christ likeness in the values of the heart.
Furthermore, “for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Do you have a heart for Christ? Do you have a heart for His Church? Do have a heart for His Word? Do you have a heart for the lost? Do you have a heart for your brothers and sisters in Christ? Do you have a heart for your family? Do you have a heart for those who are suffering? Do you have a heart for the poor and needy?
Copyright © 2004 S.I.M. All Rights Reserved
Elvis Iverson
http://www.elvisiverson.com
The Kingdom of God is upside down to the ways of this world. The Kingdom of God may be in us, however we don’t have the kingdom in our minds or in our lives. The values of our heart will show that we are not living Kingdom living.
Upside down Kingdom:
“So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen”. We can see that in the Kingdom of God the last are first and the first are last. What a ideal that could change our lives to better the true Christian life. –See Matt. 20:16.
“Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. Wow if you want to be great you must be a servant first. This is not what we are hearing in the world. If you want kingdom life it begins in servant hood. –See Matt. 20:26.
“But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. “And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. The way of success is the way of humility. Where was the last time you heard this kind of teaching within the church walls? You can see why God is not showing up, we are not humble. –See Matt. 23:11-12.
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. Wow once again God’s kingdom is built on those who are not wise, mighty, or noble. Our thinking must change into the ways of the Kingdom of God today. –See 1 Cor. 1:26-31.
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Many are trying to save their lives, save their visions, save themselves however, if you gain Christ over all and you lose your life for Christ’s will you will gain your life. Many of us wonder why we don’t have the life of God in us. Yes if you are Born Again you have the life of God in you. Beside, do you have the life of God in your whole life? Why is this, we are loving our life more then Jesus and those around us. –See Matt. 16:25.
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. In the Kingdom God wants our weakness not our strengths. God gives us the power of Christ if we have weakness. So where we have strength we have no power of Christ. You can’t build the church on your strength instead on your weaknesses. Wow our thinking must change. Our minds are enemies of God, and our sermons are from our human thinking is only of this world instead of the Kingdom of God. --See2 Cor. 12:9.
What may not be in this world however, we act like the world more then being like Christ and the Kingdom of God. The World is as Babylon a world that cannot overcome the coming times. What is the world you may ask? The world has rank first gold, then silver, precious stones and peals, fine linen, and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; “and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. This is what the world is the souls of men and their bodies are at the bottom of the ranking merchandise world. There is nothing wrong with gold etc. only if these things come before the souls of men and bodies of men. This is what has happen in the so-called modern day church. We must repent of having wrong values in our hearts. —See Rev. 18:12-13.
What do you love?
We are to love the Lord with all of heart, with all of mind, with all might. We are to love our wives or Husbands, we our to love our children, we are to love our brothers and sisters in Christ; we are to love those in the world.
However, today we do not love these things above. We may say we do love these things? Today we are loves of ourselves, lovers of money, and Lovers of pleasure rather then lovers of God. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, and covetousness, is the sin of idolatry. This has become the life force of many who call themselves Christians.
The new trinity of many in the church today is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Many say they love God only a few obey His word.
This ungodly trinity, which stands against the true Trinity, has made us to set up many idols in our hearts. Yes we have ask Jesus into our heart however we share our heart with many idols such as the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life. These have become three rivers that flow from our hearts to the world.
The idols in our hearts cause us to stumble into iniquity of not loving the lost and drying world. Our love ones do not believe in our witness for the reason we talk the gospel and at the same time the three evil rivers come out of us. These three rivers hinder many from the gates of salvation. Why do you say such things to us? If we don’t love God and keep His word, He will not come, dine and manifest Himself to us.
Our thoughts are full of the idols of our heart. How much thinking is not on the things of God or the things that matter? We live a life with things that does not matter. Do you feed the poor, do you love your brother in need, do you share the gospel with those around you, do you live the Christian life, and do you keep His Word? Our idolatry thoughts are incense before our Lord in Heaven.
“Because you say, “I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked!” –See Rev. 3:17. Christ wants your heart, mind and might again. It is time to repent and become in love with the Lord. It is time to be passionate lover of Christ; it is time to fear the Lord in everything we do. Let the love of God be in one hand and in the other the fear of the Lord.
It is time to come back to the love of Christ; it is time to repent of our sins. Clean our hearts before the living God. Walk the true Christian walk. Reach out to the world with the real gospel. It is time to come back to what realty matters. It is time for godly character and Christ likeness in the values of the heart.
Furthermore, “for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Do you have a heart for Christ? Do you have a heart for His Church? Do have a heart for His Word? Do you have a heart for the lost? Do you have a heart for your brothers and sisters in Christ? Do you have a heart for your family? Do you have a heart for those who are suffering? Do you have a heart for the poor and needy?
Copyright © 2004 S.I.M. All Rights Reserved
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