"Spiritual Commitments"

“Spiritual Commitments”

“ Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”       Joshua 22:5

 

As TRUE BELIEVERS of the Almighty God, we have certain mandates that we MUST FOLLOW in OBEDIENCE to Him.  These are known as: “Spiritual Commitments”.  A COMMITMENT is: a PROMISE or PLEDGE to do something.  So as God’s TRUE CHILDREN, who have been adopted into His family, through the DEATH and RESURRECTION of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONE and ONLY Son, for the SALVATION of ALL mankind.  We have certain SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS that we MUST CARRY OUT. 



The Scripture we will use today, is a Charge of Joshua to his returning soldiers, who will be returning to their own tribes, from battle.  It is a reminder of their ‘SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS”, which, if they CONTINUE in OBEDIENCE to these SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS, they will CONTINUE to RECEIVE GOD’S BLESSINGS. 



These SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS are very APPLICABLE to us today, these are some things that we SHOULD be doing.  We SHOULD OBEY the COMMANDMENT of MOSES:  to LOVE the Lord God with ALL our HEART, and to WALK or LIVE in ALL His ways, and to KEEP His COMMANDMENTS, to CLING or HOLD ON to Him, and to SERVE Him with ALL our HEART and with ALL our SOUL. 



Whenever, we are SLACK in any of these COMMITMENTS, we RISK losing ANY of GOD’S BLESSINGS, and we become WEAK and VULNERABLE to false teachings.  We stifle our SPIRITUAL GROWTH, and become OPEN PREY to the wiles of the devil.



If you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to God, then you are NOT FOLLOWING the SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS, which indicate that you are LOST in your sins and are headed for an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE. However, God, in His INFINITE MERCY and AMAZING GRACE, has provided a WAY for you to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL.  To do this, you MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is now ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and KEEP your SPIRITUAL COMMITMENTS to Him, and spend your ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!