{"id":2446,"date":"2020-10-09T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T18:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2020-10-09T10:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T18:45:22","slug":"devotion-luke-136-9-because-he-lives-we-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2446","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Luke 13:6-9 Because He Lives We Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke 13:6-9\u00a0<\/b>–\u00a0Then He told this parable:\u00a0\u201cA man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.\u00a07<\/a>\u00a0So He said to the man who took care of the vineyard, \u2018For three years now I\u2019ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven\u2019t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

1 John 5:1-5<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Everyone who believes\u00a0that Jesus is the Christ\u00a0is born of God,\u00a0and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.\u00a02\u00a0This is how we know\u00a0that we love the children of God:\u00a0by loving God and carrying out His commands.\u00a03\u00a0In fact, this is love for God: to keep His commands. And His commands are not burdensome,\u00a04\u00a0for everyone born of God\u00a0overcomes\u00a0the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.\u00a05\u00a0Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.<\/i><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 5:17<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,\u00a0the new creation\u00a0has come:\u00a0The old has gone, the new is here!<\/i><\/p>\n

Family if we do no works of God then we don’t know God.\u00a0 Works are the product of God within us.\u00a0\u00a0If there is no fruit from within, there is no tree within. If no tree, at least no living one, then within is a barren land. (Such are those who don\u2019t love Jesus)\u00a0 Praise God for Him within us and Him bringing forth fruit from us!\u00a0\u00a0Whomever He prunes He changes to bring forth good fruit! (Proverbs 3:12, Hebrews 12:6<\/b>)\u00a0 And so, we carry out the will of God, as Jesus did (John 6:36<\/b>), and we know, beyond doubt, that we are His.<\/p>\n

He is the Author of The Law and now He lives within us, becoming one with us and thereby we change and are able to, in increasing measure, live out the Law that could never before be lived out by mankind, except for Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0What could not be done by us is increasingly what we now do because He lives within. (1 Corinthians 6:11, 1 Peter 1:2<\/b>) We are spiritually alive because Jesus lives (John 14:19<\/b>).\u00a0\u00a0We once obeyed carnal nature and now we live for Christ and so what we do we do because He lives within.\u00a0\u00a0(Acts 17:26-28<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0It is all by Him and to His glory!<\/p>\n

As we live out the commands of God we do because we die and Christ lives.\u00a0\u00a0(Galatians 2:20<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0The example to us is clear, everyone will die, unless Jesus comes first.\u00a0\u00a0Our flesh dies but our spirits will live forever.\u00a0\u00a0So within us, as we live with Jesus as Lord within, life brings life.\u00a0\u00a0Death no longer reigns, Christ reigns.\u00a0\u00a0Flesh dies and our spirits become alive and obedient.\u00a0\u00a0Oh how wonderful the mysteries of God!\u00a0\u00a0Sing praises to God!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise tHe Lord.\u00a0 Praise tHe Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for tHe\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does tHe\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cTHe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0tHe\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0tHe\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luke 13:6-9\u00a0–\u00a0Then He told this parable:\u00a0\u201cA man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.\u00a07\u00a0So He said to the man who took care of the vineyard, \u2018For three years now I\u2019ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,129,1969,104,100,106,94,1874,90,88,17],"class_list":["post-2446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-corinthians","tag-galatians","tag-hebrews","tag-john","tag-luke","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-peter","tag-proverbs","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}