Oct. 1, 2015
MY FRIENDS, A REAL CONVICTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY, IS IT POSSIBLE?
How many will be satisfied with just being entertained by God’s Spirit this week in church? His presence will be there, but it is your choice how you respond. In addition, it has to be more than a walk down the aisle at the alter call.
And if the entertainment was outstanding, you may even allow the pastor or the prayer warriors to pray for you, but if there is no real conviction, when you get home your mind will convert back to the things of this world as you tell yourself I am just not ready to let self completely die.
And so life stays the same with no real conviction because with conviction comes a responsibility. Conviction is a real passion and a firm belief and knowledge of what has happen in our life as we look back and see every area of our life where God has brought us through.
Conviction is love, because God so loved us, that He gave His only begotten Son and a Son who gave it all for our Salvation. Conviction is Faith and endurance to not give up until our Savior wipes every tear from our eyes for the last time.
”As Mary’s tears of love flowed down her cheeks mixing with the fragrance of Love and gratitude of our Savior, she stoops to wipe the feet of the master, Her thoughts were only “I can’t 
forget the way life used to be while I was a prisoner to the sin that had me bound….,
Until the day when Jesus came to me and healed my soul With the wonder of His touch. So now I’m giving back to Him All the praise He’s worthy of, because I’ve been forgiven.” (CE CE Winans, Alabaster Box”)
Luke 7:39-43 (NKJV) tells us “Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”
But what Mary did tells the world, I am convicted because my sins have been forgiven. “When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.” Mark 16:0 (NIV)
From a human standpoint Mary appeared hopelessly lost in sin. “But Christ saw in Mary capabilities for good. He saw the better traits of her character. The plan of redemption has invested humanity with great possibilities, and in Mary these possibilities were to be realized.
Through His grace she became a partaker of the divine nature. The one who had fallen, and whose mind had been a habitation of demons, was brought very near to the Savior in fellowship and ministry.
It was Mary who sat at His feet and learned of Him. It was Mary who poured upon His head the precious anointing oil, and bathed His feet with her tears. Mary stood beside the cross, and followed Him to the sepulcher. Mary was first at the tomb after His resurrection. It was Mary who first proclaimed a risen Savior.” (E.G.White Desire of Ages)
My friends how many demons has Christ removed from our life as we travel on our journey to the promise land. Nothing should be too costly for the good Shepard, if there is real conviction from within. And if there is a real conviction, all of our talents our money and most of all our time will become our “Alabaster Box” for the Master.
My Friends, where there is no vision, the people perish…..Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
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