1.0vivervida.bloghttps://vivervida.blog/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HAvPD1WnHd"><a href="https://vivervida.blog/en/are-you-going-to-church-10/">Are You ‘Already Going to Church?’ (10)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://vivervida.blog/en/are-you-going-to-church-10/embed/#?secret=HAvPD1WnHd" width="600" height="338" title="“Are You ‘Already Going to Church?’ (10)” — vivervida.blog" data-secret="HAvPD1WnHd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! 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There are so many new things to learn, for example: What is your heavenly Father like, and who are you now, with this new way of being? For it is written: ‘Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.’ II Corinthians 5:17 ACF Online Bible When you become new, you are given a new identity. You have a new family, who loves you, wants you to learn and grow together, and not walk through your new life alone. New, new, New Life… ‘Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.’ Romans 6:4 ACF Online Bible But… something may have happened and you may have been hurt. Or you may not have received what you expected, or desire to receive. Know my brother, my sister, that the true church has specific characteristics. Remember the sharing about the tree and the fruit it bears? The ‘Church’ tree (as an example) needs to bear the fruit that corresponds to it. These are the fruits of character: ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.’ Galatians 5:22 ACF Online Bible ‘(For the fruit of the Spirit is all goodness and righteousness and truth)…’ Ephesians 5:9 ACF Online Bible At school, we are only ready to move on to the next year, when we have learned what we have been taught that year. At work, we need to be ready, so we can be promoted. In order to emancipate ourselves and leave the family home, we need to know how to take charge of our lives and manage our responsibilities. In a relationship, for marriage, it is essential to know who we are and to be authentic in the way we are, so that when we meet the person, we feel that this is the person with whom we will share our lives. So, just as it is essential for every phase and experience of our lives to have a fundament, structure, maturity and resources – which allow us to move forward, set off, or even ‘fly’ to what we need to accomplish next – so it is for us to be true children of God. As a Church and a true family, we need to have the same foundations so that we can truly be saved, have confidence in each other, and together learn and do what Jesus Christ teaches us in the Word that is written for all who belong to Him. The great I AM, the One who IS, who was and who is to come… ‘I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, says the Lord who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’ Revelation 1:8 ACF Online Bible The Father of us all – because we are also spirit – in addition to having our soul and living, for a time here on earth, in a physical body… ‘One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in you all.’ Ephesians 4:6 ACF Online Bible ‘But for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and for whom we live; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.’ I Corinthians 8:6 ACF Online Bible ‘And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father.“‘ Galatians 4:6 ACF Online Bible This wonderful Father, so that we wouldn’t be lost and helpless in this world, in addition to having created us and loved us from the beginning, has left us a great treasure: His Word, so that we can find Him in the midst of darkness, because The Word is light, and we can be light by believing and participating in what He has prepared for us. The Father created, Jesus saved, and now we have The Holy Spirit, Jesus told us about The wonderful Holy Spirit… ‘But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.’ John 14:26 ACF Bible online ‘But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me.’ John 15:26 ACF Bible online ‘But when he, The Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.‘ John 16:13 ACF Online Bible And He has already come! We know that He is already among us: ‘The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you know him, because he dwells with you and will be in you.‘ John 14:26 ACF Online Bible ‘And when the day of Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all with one accord in one place; and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there were seen by them cloven tongues, as of fire, which rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Holy Spirit gave them utterance.’ Acts 2:1-4 ACF Online Bible Just as in our family everyone has different ages, in God’s family we are all at different stages and have different personalities. There are things, however, that need to be common among us, and one of them is the importance of forgiving. Forgiveness sets you free, heals wounds and strengthens relationships. Spiritually, we will be on a special level for The Lord, because through His words, He spoke a lot about the importance of forgiving… Just as we need to forgive things that happen to us every day, from various people and events, it’s even more important to forgive the people from whom we expect the most... We can have high expectations and be greatly disappointed. Let’s be very brave! ‘For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are God’s children.’ Romans 8:14 ACF Online Bible ‘For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of fortitude and love and moderation.’ II Timothy 1:7 ACF Online Bible Because just as we need to forgive in the family, at work, at school, in our closest relationships, we also need to forgive the differences and disappointments that happen in the family of God The Father… Be brave! God is with you! He sees beyond appearances… ‘LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thoughts from afar. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and knowest all my ways. When there is no word on my tongue, behold, you know everything, O Lord.’ Psalm 139:1-4 ACF Online Bible Our conscience towards God is the most important thing. Even if we fail each other, our relationship as children to our heavenly Father and our relationship with ourselves is the basis for our relationships with other people. We live in a world in which people have different opinions and live in different ways. But there are values and principles that always need to exist so that we can trust and relate to each other. ‘By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God…’ I John 4:2 ACF Online Biblehttps://vivervida.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20210624_093903-scaled-e1736683663332.jpg