People dispute over which Bible is better, which day to worship, tongues and tithing, spiritual gifting, pre, mid, post tribulation rapture on and on. I wonder about Biblical intellectuals who win the war of words and prove their point, after justifying the significance of their perception, with hardly a sign of spiritual maturity. Is there any indication of activation? If Christ is in you, then what degree of godliness was activated in your soul?

Take Romans 13:11 for example. Paul wrote, “Knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken out of your sleep; for now our salvation is nearer to us than when we first believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near.” Regardless if there is a pre, mid or post trib rapture you are going to die physically. Shouldn’t we all live like we are ready and actively demonstrating our obedience to the gospel of our Lord and Savior?

Paul wrote, “Make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof.” He also wrote, “I press on toward the goal of the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Godliness was activated in Paul’s life. James exhorts us to wash our hands from the filth of this world saying, “cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts.”

If there is no activation of godly living in a professing believer’s life, then how are they born again? That person could have a bachelors, a masters, a doctorate and yet be so totally dead in their sins. Their brain might be activated with facts and figures but where is the active presence of the Holy Spirit?

Steve Green once sang, “We are called to take His light, to a world where wrong seems right. What could be too great a cost, for sharing life with one who's lost? When will we realize, that we must give our lives, for people need the Lord.”

Hebrews 4:12 - The Word of God is Active
Pastor Huck