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GODS CHILDREN ARE DIFFERENT-WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE?
God’s people are different. We are in the world but we are not of the world (1 John 2:15-17; Joshua 4:4). We need to understand that there are:
• Two KINGDOMS (KINGS)
• Two LAWS (PRINCIPLES)
• Two HEARTS
• Two MINDS (WAY OF THINKING)
• Two NATURES (CHARACTERS)
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There are two kingdoms (kings). There is the Kingdom of God (Light) and there is the Kingdom of Satan (Darkness). Every person (and every teenager) is under the lordship or dominion of one of these two kings. No man is a free man. When we were lost and without the Lord, the king of darkness had control of our lives (Ephesians 2:1-3). Sin was the dominating principle (Colossians 1:9-13). We have been translated or transferred into the Kingdom of the Son! Now our lives are marked by righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost (Romans 14:17).
There are two laws (principles) which govern the two kingdoms (Romans 8:1-2). The kingdom of darkness is governed by the law of sin and death. The Kingdom of God is governed by the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). And whatsoever is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23). And without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). The difference between a Christian and a sinner is that the child of God lives the life of faith – the life of trust and obedience. His spirit has passed from death unto life! (John 5:24).
These two laws issue out of two hearts (Proverbs 4:23). There is a wicked heart (Proverbs 10:20; 12:8; 20, 23, 25; 14:10, 13-14; 15:7, 11; 16:5, 9; 17:20; 18:2, 12; 19:3; 20:9; 21:2; 24:2; 27:19; 28:26)
and there is a righteous heart (Proverbs 4:23; 10:8; 13:12; 14:30, 33; 15:13-15, 28; 16:1, 21, 23; 17:3, 22; 18:15; 21:1; 23:15; 25:3). There is a difference!
The Bible tells us that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34). And words are the expression of thoughts. So there are also two minds (ways of thinking). The believer has the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5). The unbeliever has the mind of Antichrist (1 John 2:18-22; 4:1-3), which is the Adamic or natural frame of mind (Matthew 16:23 and II Thessalonians 2:3-4). There is a difference in what you think, and there is a difference in how you think, or the way (manner) you think (Acts 28:22).
This could all be summed up in the simple truth that there are two natures. Beginning in Genesis 3:15 – the first promise of the coming Redeemer – and all the way through the Scriptures, we see two seeds. There is the seed of God and there is the serpent seed. The new nature and the old nature. All men have the lower nature ruling their hearts and minds (Romans 3:10, 23) until Jesus Christ, by the power of His shed Blood and the transforming grace of His outpoured Spirit touches and changes the heart and life of the individual. This comes by receiving Him into your life. He has already paid the price and you have nothing to offer, He has done it all. Only believe and receive Him and His life is your gift.
There is a difference.
There are only two men on the planet: Adam and Christ.
You are a saint or you ain’t?
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