Salvation of Your Soul

January 4, 2017

Devotions:

        Salvation of our souls is a function of the word of God. The transformation comes by meditating in the word of God so that we think like God, talk like God and speak like God instead of the world.  The world lies in the hands of the evil one and his way is death.  To walk in life we must be reprogrammed. This reprogramming is done by turning from sin and turning to God i.e. repentance. 

“Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.” James‬ ‭1:21‬ ‭NASB‬‬

“if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” ‭Ephesians‬ ‭4:21-24‬ ‭NASB‬‬

        To put aside filthiness means to call it for what it is, sin. To put it aside can only be done by the power of the word and not just reading it one time but spending time meditating on it until it becomes a part of you being.  To put on the new self means to embrace who we are, created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. 

“But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.”  ‭James‬ ‭1:22-24‬ ‭NASB‬‬

        The man that you see in the mirror is the one recreated in righteousness and holiness of the truth.  This is the reprogramming that we need, a revelation of who we are.  The only way to walk free from the filthiness and wickedness is to walk in forgiveness with any and all who have hurt you.