ACT POOR

Posted on: 09-02-2014


There are those who act rich, yet have nothing; and those who act poor, yet have great riches. Proverbs 13:7 Everybody wishes to be a rich man; few are there who are able to attain their wish. The reason is simple mankind is not ware of richness or poorness in live. GOD‘s word clearly states that ransom of man’s life is riches. Ransom of man’s life can be understood as we know that whatever things the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be under judgment before God, because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin. But now a righteousness of God has been revealed apart from Law, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ, toward all and upon all those who believe. For there is no difference, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness through the passing by of the sins that had taken place before, in the forbearance of God; for the display of His righteousness at this time, for Him to be just and, forgiving the one being of the faith of Jesus. Then where is the boasting? It is excluded. Through what law? Of works? No, but through the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the works of the Law. Those who understand and diligently follow Jesus Christ in their life, consider everything of this world is poor possession, because they have richness of CHRIST in their lives. The perception of life is CHRIST focused; it becomes a manifestation of a believer. But whatever things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. But no, rather, I also count all things to be loss for the Excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them to be dung, so that I may win Christ and be found in Him; not having my own righteousness, which is of the Law, but through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to His death; if by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead. Those who act rich, yet have nothing are those who have following qualities. For many are walking, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ; whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things. RICH focus on ONE THING IN THEIR LIFE: “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we are looking for the saviour, the lord Jesus Christ”. So decide today whether you want to act rich, yet have nothing or act poor, yet have richness in life thorough CHRIST. GOD BLESS !

By: Dr. Shine David