Friday, August 9, 2024
Topic: “The Church, a community of God’s children”
Text: Romans 13:11-14
11. This is all the more important, because you know the time that it is now, that it is time for you to wake up from sleep, for salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in lust and sexual immorality, not in strife and jealousy. 14. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
Let us remember:
Within the Church, the community of God’s children, there must be a strict selection of the way of life to lead. We cannot claim to be members of the Church and continue to sleep a spiritual sleep. The times and the signs show that the end of all things is near; let us therefore be wise and sober, to devote ourselves to prayer. Let us come out of the relaxation of faith, we must watch and pray so that we do not fall into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Let us beware because seduction is in full swing and this, in the open, without shame, without disguise. Each child of God must strip himself of the encumbrances of this century which prevent us from moving forward towards salvation. Let us get rid of compromises. Let us reject every burden, and the sin which so easily envelops us, and let us cling to Jesus. Since we are members of the community of God's children, we are therefore surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us walk together in love, mutually protecting the faith of one another. Let us not privilege the interests of the flesh because the flesh has desires contrary to those of the Spirit. Let us reject fornication, impurity, quarrels, jealousies, disputes, envy, divisions, drunkenness ... Excellent Friday and good start to the weekend. AmenAlain Louz.-
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