Friday, February 15, 2019

UNBIND YOUR GRAVECLOTHES AND BE FREE!

I read this today in LAZARUS AWAKENING: Jerry Goebel says, " The work of Jesus is to bring life; the work of the congregation is to unbind people from the trappings of death." For while Christ does what only He can do, He invites those who stand around to help with the process. Most of us would rather observe a resurrection than actually participate in one. We shy away from actually getting involved in the work of loving someone back to life.
We bind people through out attitudes toward them. We bind them when we hold onto their faults instead of lifting up and encouraging their attempts to change. We bind people when we don't forgive them. We bind them when we gossip to others about their faults. Whenever we treat people out of our smallness instead of the Lord's abundance; we keep them bound.
We free them when we are determined to see new life in them. We free them when we praise God. We free them when we forgive them. We free them when we smile and welcome them, sayin, "I am so glad you are here; do you have anyone to sit with today?" We free them the most when we seek them in their tombs and, "snorting at death," we command them in the name of Christ to come into new life.
When we treat another out of Christ's greatness and not our smallness; we free them.

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