WORD TODAY: Believe AND Obey!

 

Believe AND Obey If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep the LORD's commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Christ: whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. I John 2:9 We must believe in the Lord Jesus, but we must also obey. Not only do we need to obey once, but we must obey continuously. Otherwise, we will come short and be unbalanced. Obedience without faith is powerless. Faith without obedience is idealistic. It is very painful to be obedient without faith. Please remember the scriptural principles for our living: believing and obeying. We cannot believe without obeying or obey without believing. To believe and yet not obey is false belief. To obey and yet not believe is asceticism*. ~Watchman Nee Watchman Nee, Ni Tuosheng, November 4, 1903 – May 30, 1972, was a church leader and Christian teacher. During his thirty years of ministry, Nee published many books expounding on the Bible. He established churches throughout China and held many conferences to train Christian workers. Following the Communist Revolution, Nee was persecuted and imprisoned for his faith - and spent the last twenty years of his life in prison. *Asceticism: severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.