A Gift not Works

[Name], just a few more comments on your emails to me. It seems to me that you think what I am writing about is a choice between material satisfaction and spiritual satisfaction or certain activities you might engage in. It really is not about what you do but what you allow God to do. At the fork in the road at the point when you really realize and understand, then some amazing things happen and they all happen at the same instant. God the Father causes you to be “born again to a living hope” (1 Peter 1:3), Jesus Christ gives you eternal life (John 17:2), and “the Spirit of God dwells in you” (1 Corinthians 3:16). When this happens one becomes a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17) who is spiritually alive causing old things to pass away and new things to come. This new creature has the mind of Christ to think with and the resources of God to draw upon from within. God becomes your source of strength, understanding, and wisdom that empowers your life. 

[Name], I am talking about life that is connected to God through his Spirit who provides for you needs. This is not about choosing to think or act in a certain way. This is about overcoming darkness and death through Jesus Christ and allowing him to replace it with light and life. I am suggesting that you sincerely ask God to give you an understanding in this.