In my heart I truly feel that the meaning of this one phrase is so much more than just a word or two. The meaning of this to me is the feeling of Christ within me. The ability to know that once I have given my life to him, he has the rest. It’s a feeling of safety and a sense of rebirth knowing that I am a new person, a person born to follow Christ and spread his love. Ephesians 4:22-24 states that, ” that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” This perfectly says that before I lay down your life to Christ I am not a true follower. Once I have given my life to him I am benefited by the “righteousness and holiness of the truth”. 1 Peter 3:21 only backs up my thoughts. Peter says that “And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead.” From this verse I receive the message that being baptised shows not only the old, dirty, sin filled flesh getting washed away but it also washes away the feeling of sin. …show more content…
But how do I keep my promise to God? Revelation 14:12 says that, “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keeps his commands and remains faithful to Jesus.” This verse tells me that in-order to show our faithfulness to God we need to have endurance and stick with him in the hardest times. Luke 9:61-62 shows me the opposite of what a good Christian should do.“I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” I firmly believe that as a Christ follower if Jesus gives you a direction command or speaks to you in anyway for that matter you drop everything and follow. This man wants to say goodbye and wants to wait for a little bit. He doesn’t understand what else Jesus has in store for him. To sustain me life with God you have to be able to know in my heart that what Jesus wants for me right now is way more important and is way better in the long