Going forward

Mike Gifford
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I think I'm becoming a collector of phrases. The one currently on my mind is often used by businesses as they discuss a change of direction. " We used to do it this way, but this is how it will be done 'going forward.' " In the old days we would have said, " from now on, " but this phrase works too. Actually, it gives rise to three interesting thoughts along spiritual lines. First, we must be " going forward " in righteous living. Once one becomes a Christian, he or she cannot go back into the world. Granted, many have done just that. Jesus spoke of these in Luke 8:4-15 when He told and then explained the parable of the sower. The rocky soil and the thorny soil represent Christians who stop going forward. " They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. " Since it is the case that not being rooted in God's Word and getting caught up in the cares and riches and pleasures of this life are issues that lead one backward into sin, it is evident that these are actions that we must avoid if we want to please God and go forward toward heaven. II Peter 2:20-22 sounds a crystal clear warning against a Christian turning back to the world. As Jesus stated in Luke 9:62, " No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. " " Going forward, " a Christian should have the attitude of the apostle Paul who wrote, " Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. " (Philippians 3:12-14). Secondly, we …
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我想我正在成为一个短语收藏家。我现在想到的是企业在讨论改变方向时经常使用的一个词。”我们过去是这样做的,但今后也会这样做。’”在过去,我们会说,“从现在开始,”但这句话也适用。实际上,它在精神方面产生了三个有趣的想法。首先,我们必须在公义的生活中“向前进”。一个人一旦成为基督徒,他或她就不能回到这个世界。诚然,许多人就是这么做的。耶稣在路加福音8章4到15节讲了撒种的比喻,然后解释了这个比喻。岩石土壤和荆棘土壤代表着停止前进的基督徒。”那在磐石上的,就是人听见道,就欢喜领受。这些人是没有根的,只是暂时相信,及至受试探就退后了。那落在荆棘里的,就是他们听见了,就出去,被今生的挂虑,富贵,宴乐挤住了,结不出完全的果子来。”既然没有扎根在神的话语中,被今生的忧虑、财富和快乐所吸引,这些都是导致一个人倒退到罪中的问题,很明显,如果我们想要取悦神,走向天堂,这些都是我们必须避免的行为。彼得后书2:20-22是对基督徒回归世界的清晰警告。正如耶稣在路加福音9章62节所说:“人手耕田向后看,不配进神的国。”“往前行”,基督徒应该有使徒保罗的态度,他写道:“不是说我已经得着了,也不是说我已经完全了。乃是要追求,要得着基督耶稣所叫我得着的。”弟兄们,我不以为自己已经得着了。我只作一件事,就是忘记背后的事,求著前面的事,向着标竿直跑,要得神在基督耶稣里从上头呼召的奖赏。(腓立比书3:12-14)。其次,我们……
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