Go About Doing Good!
As Christ our Lord went about
doing good, we Christians ought to be continuing the work and
ministry of our Lord by going about doing good. Christ was in the
world offering salvation to all who would believe and receive him.
He gave rest to the weary and comforted the lonely; he healed the
sick and raised the dead, and brought new hope to the hopeless. We
ought to continue doing all that God will give us the power to do so
that Christ's work and ministry might continue through us. God may
not give us the power to heal the sick or raise the dead (he could if
it was his purpose) but he has commissioned us to offer salvation to
the lost through his name and to bear each others burdens, and to
share each others sorrows and joys, and to make life easier for those
around us. We ought to be so secure in our own salvation and the
love of God that we can forget ourselves and concentrate on the needs
of others.
“With good will doing service,
as to the Lord, and not to men; knowing that whatsoever good thing
any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be
bond or free.” Ephesians 6: 7, 8. God will be no man's debtor, we
cannot out give or out serve the Lord.
When we go about doing good in the
service of the Lord, we will find ourselves in a combat zone with
all the forces of the devil against us. We must put on the armor and
use all the defenses that God has provided for us.
“Finally, my brethren, be strong
in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor
of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore
take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.”
Ephesians 6: 10-13
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