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Consistent = Constant, not wavering, Always the same, never changing.
Hebrews 13: 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (NKJV)
As Born-Again Children of God we should be striving to develop and live a consistent Christian Life. God Himself made a way for us.
Once we receive Jesus as our Savior and Lord we have New Life. We have been translated from death to life, from darkness to light. Our sins have been paid for and nailed to the Cross.
We are a New Creation in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 2: 13 – 15 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, (14) having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. (15) Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. (NKJV)
2nd Corinthians 5: 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (NKJV)
Now that we are a new creation in Christ Jesus, it is up to us to develop this new man so that we can live a consistent Christian life. We must find out who this new man is.
It is our choice what we do with this new man. It is our choice how far we go with God. We are the ones who choose whether or not we develop this new man and how far we go.
The only limit that Our Loving Father has where we are concerned is the limit that we place on Him.
In order to be successful in our Christian life we absolutely must be consistent (Focused) in our walk with the Lord. It is up to us how consistent we are. God will back our choice.
We cannot walk in the flesh or our old carnal way of life and walk in the Spirit or our born-again new way of life at the same time. One or the other will be in operation. Our choice.
We cannot waver back and forth between the two and be successful in our Christian life. A person who is consistent in their Christian life will be a person who lets patience have her perfect work.
James 1: 4 – 8 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (5) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. (6) But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. (7) For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; (8) he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. (NKJV)
Everything in life is a process. Living a consistent Christian life is also a process.
Patience is vital to a consistent Christian Life. In order for patience to be working we must be a person who is committed to walking the Love walk. A person of Mercy.
In order to be consistent in our Christian Life we must put off our old former nature or way of life and put on the new nature or our new way of life.
