Who Are You Following?
Whatever you choose to follow will make your heart take its image. If you follow a false god you will take on the characteristics of the demons who began the lie to keep you from the Truth. You will not become Loving, merciful, peaceful, patient, fulfilled, self-less or forgiving. Instead you will be filled with the opposing qualities which are the qualities of Satan and his kingdom. Only Truth can bring you real Love and Life. Matthew 6:21 for where your treasure is, there your heart [your wishes, your desires; that on which your life centers] will be also. Ephesians 2:1-3 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. Galatians 5:19-23 19 Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control), 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies], 21 envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites.
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