But ye (are) a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

You are loved, chosen, and with a glorious purpose.

Dearly beloved, if you are in Christ, regardless of who you are, where you've been and what you've done know this.

To your success,

Chukwuemeka

You already know that's not true. Everyone, regardless of if you are a believer or not, regardless of whether you are doing the right things or not, will at some point in time or the other have challenges.

Life will test you.

Period.

This is a fact of life.

What is also a fact of life is that some people are overwhelmed by challenges whilst others thrive in and outlast challenges.

In Matthew 24:35 Jesus said heaven and earth will pass away but His words will not; they'll be fulfilled.

The word of God is the only thing that will outlast everything and if you are ever going to thrive in the midst of challenges and outlast them, you are going to have to be committed to the word of God

In The Good News Community Collection 1 (PDF 44 pages) I talk about what it means to be committed to the word of God (which incidentally is how to be committed to it) in the article: Be Committed To the Word.

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It's simple really: if you want to win in the game of life, all-around, you have to be committed to the one thing that will outlast it all: the word of God.

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I want you to be blessed and it will definitely bless your life. Your life and future will be better for it.

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You are blessed.

To your success and outlasting challenges in life,

Chukwuemeka

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This is what the article, Be Committed To the Word deals with.

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To your progress in Christ,

Chukwuemeka

One of the first and important things to never lose sight of when you are going through a difficult time is the truth that God cares very deeply about you. 

It can be difficult sometimes to keep sight of this truth especially as there are certain situations, predicaments or challenges that may make it seem like God has abandoned or forgotten you but that is simply not true. 

God cares very deeply about you and I. Scripture tells us:

Luke 12:6,7

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

First off, do you know the level of care you have to have for someone to know the number of hairs on the person's head and the number of each hair? 

That is a huge level of obsession and it tells you that God's care for you is very deep and very detailed. He is aware of every hurt, every predicament, every challenge, every issue, every single thing, period. 

And the beautiful thing about knowing this is realising that God is not the author of that hurt or adverse situation. He didn't put it on you nor is He ‘allowing’ you to go through it. There is no connection between your hurt and God. We live in a broken, fallen world where bad things happen but He didn't author it. 

Additionally, it means whatever the hurt, challenge or situation is, God has already provided the answer or solution to it. You don't have such obsessive care for someone without having provided for every issue. 

And so if nothing about that hurt or situation seems to be changing, know that God is not responsible for it but has already provided an answer or solution to it. 

You may need to prayerfully persevere in faith about the situation, take authority over it, talk to God about it, reflect on the dealings of God with you, search the Scriptures, etc. Whatever it is, God has already provided the solution to that thing and it is simply a matter of seeking out and applying His wisdom concerning the matter. 

God hasn’t and can't forget about you. 

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In Matthew 28:19,20 Jesus said:

“Go ye therefore, and teach (or make disciples of) all nations… teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:”

The word translated observe here means to keep and in this context, it means to do all things Jesus commanded them as He commanded it, that is, without deviation. In other words, to live in accordance with His words.

Thus, Jesus was telling His disciples to make disciples of all nations by teaching them to do or live in accordance with His words which, if you think about it, means the same thing as teaching them to abide or remain in His word.

Therefore, if making one a disciple is by teaching such a one to abide in the word or to live in accordance with it then it means that a disciple is one who abides in the word or lives in accordance with it.

And as we have shown before (from a previous post and from Joshua 1:8) it is by consistent constant meditation that we abide or live in accordance with the word.

In conclusion then, we become true disciples of Jesus, that is, people who abide or remain in His word or live in accordance with it, by consistently constantly meditating on the word of God.

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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

A disciple of Jesus is a learner or pupil of Christ, that's what the Greek word translated disciple means.

And in the last 2 posts (here and here), we have seen that a true disciple is one who consistently constantly meditates on (or speaks and or listens throughout the day to) the word of God.

This means that the way we learn of Christ is by consistently meditating on the word of God.

This is important to note because learning of Christ is becoming like or growing up into Him.

We know this because God's ultimate design for every believer is to become like Christ and as such this is the end of all true spiritual knowledge.

See Romans 8:29; Ephesians 4:13-15; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 2:6-9; Galatians 4:19.

Thus, the way we become like or grow up into Christ in all things is by consistently constantly meditating on (or speaking and or listening throughout the day to) the word of God.

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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

In this post, we will simply be reiterating the point made in a previous post which is that:

From the Scripture above, a true disciple of Jesus is one who continues (abide, remains, stays) in the word and meditating on the word is how we remain, abide or stay in it.

Meditating on something causes you to think and be focused on that thing. And if you're consistently and constantly meditating on a thing, then, in a sense, that's where you are; that's what you're dwelling on, that's where you are staying.

Equally true and more importantly is the fact that abiding in the word is simply another way of describing living in accordance with the word and Scripture tells us (Joshua 1:8) that consistent constant meditation on the word of God causes one to live in accordance with it.

Thus, we become true disciples of Jesus, that is, people who live in accordance with the word by consistently constantly meditating on the word of God.

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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

When Jesus asked His disciples to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:16-20) what did He mean? 

And if a Christian is really just another name for a disciple (Acts 11:26) what does it truly mean to be a disciple? 

From our focus Scripture, continuing in His word is what actually makes one a disciple. Put in another way, a true disciple is one who continues in the gospel. 

Interestingly, the Greek word translated ‘continue’ means to abide, stay or remain. And so, to continue in His word is simply to remain, stay or abide in His word. 

And the number one way of doing that– continuing in His word or abiding or staying in it– is by consistently meditating on it, day and night which involves consistently and constantly speaking and or listening to the word (Joshua 1:8). 

Thus, one who is truly and really a disciple of Jesus is one who consistently and constantly meditates on the word. In other words, he or she is one who speaks and or listens to the word throughout the day, every day. 

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In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. 

From the Scripture above, we understand that a temple can simply be defined as the dwelling place of God; it is God's holy habitation. 

Now, you may never really understand why it is such a big deal or what it actually means that we are God's temple (1 Corinthians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 6:16) until you pair it with the understanding that God is Spirit (John 4:24) then, being God's temple begins to take on incredible new meaning. 

One of the meanings you'll realise is that in Christ, God's overarching design for you and I is that we are built up to become embodiments of God. 

Think carefully and deeply about what this means– to become the embodiment of God– and then rejoice! 

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For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Salvation is simply much more than ‘being forgiven of sins, going to heaven and escaping hell.’

Instead, it is about eternal life and all of the incredible things included in it: healing, success, prosperity, etc. See and compare John 10:10; 1 John 3:8.

And so the striking and encouraging thing for me about this verse is that it reveals the impartiality of God for if the saving grace of God has been made available to all men then it means that where healing, prosperity, joy and success are concerned, God has already made these available to all men through Christ.

And so, it's not really a question of God answering our prayers about healing, success, prosperity, joy, etc., or even blessing us with these things (He already has) it's actually more about finding out how to access these gifts that have been freely made available to all men through Christ.

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1 Corinthians 1:9:

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:23,24:

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and (I pray) God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Faithful (is) he that calleth you, who also will do (it).

2 Corinthians 2:14:

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Philippians 2:13:

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

1 John 3:14a:

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. 

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To your success in Christ

Chukwuemeka Hargley

Founder, The Good News Community

Jesus offers us eternal life.

Dearly beloved,

Jesus offers us eternal life- the very life of God; the same one that God has. It is an opportunity, a call and an invitation to always experience this life in far surpassing measure.

It is a call to participate in the Godhead. It is a call to be Him.

All we need to do is to believe in Him- to trust and rely on His death, burial and resurrection and all that it portends according to the Scripture and as simple as that, we become possessors of eternal life, the God-kind of life.

See the following Scriptures:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

… I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1 John 5:20.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:4.

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Dear God, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I accept the salvation that you have provided in your Son, Jesus Christ. I ask and I receive from You the forgiveness of all my sins. I confess Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour and I believe in my heart that you raised Him from the dead because of my justification. Thank you because I am now your heir and a part of your family and I enjoy all the benefits of your love, including the ministry of angels.

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