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Wednesday, June
23, 2010
Not Self Willed
Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations! (13) For thou hast said in thine heart, I
will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I
will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north: (14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
the most High. (15) Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of
the pit. (KJV)
As we see, the fall began when someone
became self willed; when we become “I” then it no longer involves God, but
rather a path that leads to destruction. Sound familiar; who hasn’t tried
and failed on their own? Maturing and growing up in the Lord is not by how
many scriptures and verses you can rattle off, rather it is learning how to
get “I” out of the way so someone else can take over.
Titus 1:7-9 For a bishop must be
blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given
to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; (8) But a lover of
hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; (9) Holding
fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound
doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. (KJV)
Strong’s definition for ‘self willed’:
829
authades (ow-thad'-ace); from 846 and the base of 2237;
self-pleasing, i.e. arrogant: KJV-- self-willed.
Do take notice of what one of the first
requirements is concerning the office of a bishop; at least one that is
blameless in the sight of God. Yeah, getting self out of the way; which
begins in your home life first and foremost. Many desire these positions
and offices in the body of Christ, but only practice these things on
Sundays, and not seven days a week, especially in their own homes. God is
not going to use a novice; I mean, after all, aren’t you glad that He
didn’t send a novice to die for our sins, or in a time of need that you
don’t have a novice of a mediator to go to?
2 Peter 2:10-12 But chiefly them that
walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.
Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of
dignities. (11) Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring
not railing accusation against them before the Lord. (12) But these, as
natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the
things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own
corruption; (KJV)
You know, your Bible says that God’s own
people perish for lack of knowledge, so when you see the warnings and
examples like the one above, yeah, they are talking about those that
profess to be Christians however in works deny Him. Many are self willed
because of their lack of knowledge into the realm of the Spirit, because
they were more concerned with self and not the body of believers anymore.
Matthew 24:10-12 And then shall many be
offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. (11) And
many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. (12) And because
iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. (KJV)
See the end result of what happens to
those that are self willed, and why we are warned not to be that way? By
the way you certainly do not want to follow the crowd because it clearly
tells us where the many that were called of God are now heading, and how
they ended up turning away, which can simply be described as becoming self
willed.
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