CHRISTian - digital painting
"...it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called CHRISTIANS." Acts 11:26
The suffix "ian" ~ adhering to or following; an adherent of a CHRISTIAN
A CHRISTIAN ~ Follower of Christ, His example ~ A call to Suffering & Sacrifice for the good of others.
"(19) ... the ideal for a CHRISTIAN is to submit totally to God, to be molded and formed by Him, to desire first and foremost to be what God wants. The CHRISTIAN is the servant (doulos-slave) of Jesus Christ; perhaps a voluntary servant, but a servant nonetheless (Rom 6:16-23).(20) He is the person whose life does not belong to himself, but who has given it completely, his mind included, to another-his Lord.
“Many modern CHRISTIANS have lost not only the sense of the dignity of submission to the Lord but also an understanding of how to submit. They no longer have an instinctual understanding of the importance of OBEDIENCE as an aspect of personal LOYALTY to God, and of how obedience grows out of personal devotion to Him. Jesus said, "If you LOVE me, keep my commandments."
“OBEDIENCE and LOVE go together. But loving obedience is not content merely to keep the explicit commandments that are solemnly enjoined. Loving obedience also means EAGERNESS to follow HIS preferences as well and to be formed by all of HIS desires. CHRISTIANS who show LOVING OBEDIENCE want their lives to be formed by the Lord's desire, so that it is pleasing to HIM even in the smallest respects.
“Moreover, LOVING OBEDIENCE is ACTIVE OBEDIENCE. It does not wait for the Lord to make HIS will known but Seeks out the Lord's will. It is eager to discover where the Lord has a preference, and to follow it. Concretely, Obedience means comparing one's mind and one's thinking with the Lord's mind and thinking as found in scripture.
“OBEDIENCE means changing one's mind when it is not in harmony with the scriptures and changing one's life when' it is not shaped by God's desires as revealed in the scriptures. This attitude does not deny that God can reveal HIS will in other ways, but it does emphasize that HE has revealed HIS will in scripture, and that one must at least be eager to follow what is stated there."
~ dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/clark14.htm
PRAYER
"Heavenly Father, have mercy on all Your people and heal the divisions in the body of Christ. May all Christian people throughout the world attain the unity for which Jesus prayed on the eve of His sacrifice. Renew in us the power of the Spirit that we may be a sign of that unity and a means of its growth. Increase in us a fervent love for all our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ." ~ www.dailyscripture.net
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I am Honored to have this Image in use at:
~ www.catholic365.com/article/1316/protestant-reactions-to-...
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Filename - CHRISTian - DSC_7852 After Glow from the Top - digital painting 2013
Bloggers Following the Son...
Blessings,
Sharon 🌻
God's Beauty In Nature is calling us into a deeper relationship with Him...
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Bloggers are welcome to use my artwork with, “Image from Art4TheGlryOfGod by Sharon under Creative Commons license”, (next to the image or embedded in it) with a link back to the images you use and please let me know in the comment section below, thank you...
#prints availability upon request
Photography by Sharon
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Faith, Hope & Love in daily Art meditations...
X ~ www.twitter.com/Art4ThGlryOfGod
Flickr (complete portfolio) ~ www.flickr.com/photos/4thglryofgod/albums/
Fine Art America (canvas, prints & cards) ~ fineartamerica.com/profiles/sharon-soberon
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CHRISTian - digital painting
"...it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called CHRISTIANS." Acts 11:26
The suffix "ian" ~ adhering to or following; an adherent of a CHRISTIAN
A CHRISTIAN ~ Follower of Christ, His example ~ A call to Suffering & Sacrifice for the good of others.
"(19) ... the ideal for a CHRISTIAN is to submit totally to God, to be molded and formed by Him, to desire first and foremost to be what God wants. The CHRISTIAN is the servant (doulos-slave) of Jesus Christ; perhaps a voluntary servant, but a servant nonetheless (Rom 6:16-23).(20) He is the person whose life does not belong to himself, but who has given it completely, his mind included, to another-his Lord.
“Many modern CHRISTIANS have lost not only the sense of the dignity of submission to the Lord but also an understanding of how to submit. They no longer have an instinctual understanding of the importance of OBEDIENCE as an aspect of personal LOYALTY to God, and of how obedience grows out of personal devotion to Him. Jesus said, "If you LOVE me, keep my commandments."
“OBEDIENCE and LOVE go together. But loving obedience is not content merely to keep the explicit commandments that are solemnly enjoined. Loving obedience also means EAGERNESS to follow HIS preferences as well and to be formed by all of HIS desires. CHRISTIANS who show LOVING OBEDIENCE want their lives to be formed by the Lord's desire, so that it is pleasing to HIM even in the smallest respects.
“Moreover, LOVING OBEDIENCE is ACTIVE OBEDIENCE. It does not wait for the Lord to make HIS will known but Seeks out the Lord's will. It is eager to discover where the Lord has a preference, and to follow it. Concretely, Obedience means comparing one's mind and one's thinking with the Lord's mind and thinking as found in scripture.
“OBEDIENCE means changing one's mind when it is not in harmony with the scriptures and changing one's life when' it is not shaped by God's desires as revealed in the scriptures. This attitude does not deny that God can reveal HIS will in other ways, but it does emphasize that HE has revealed HIS will in scripture, and that one must at least be eager to follow what is stated there."
~ dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/readings/clark14.htm
PRAYER
"Heavenly Father, have mercy on all Your people and heal the divisions in the body of Christ. May all Christian people throughout the world attain the unity for which Jesus prayed on the eve of His sacrifice. Renew in us the power of the Spirit that we may be a sign of that unity and a means of its growth. Increase in us a fervent love for all our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ." ~ www.dailyscripture.net
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I am Honored to have this Image in use at:
~ www.catholic365.com/article/1316/protestant-reactions-to-...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Filename - CHRISTian - DSC_7852 After Glow from the Top - digital painting 2013
Bloggers Following the Son...
Blessings,
Sharon 🌻
God's Beauty In Nature is calling us into a deeper relationship with Him...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bloggers are welcome to use my artwork with, “Image from Art4TheGlryOfGod by Sharon under Creative Commons license”, (next to the image or embedded in it) with a link back to the images you use and please let me know in the comment section below, thank you...
#prints availability upon request
Photography by Sharon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Faith, Hope & Love in daily Art meditations...
X ~ www.twitter.com/Art4ThGlryOfGod
Flickr (complete portfolio) ~ www.flickr.com/photos/4thglryofgod/albums/
Fine Art America (canvas, prints & cards) ~ fineartamerica.com/profiles/sharon-soberon
Redbubble (canvas, prints & cards) ~ www.redbubble.com/people/4theglryofgod/shop
Pixoto (awards) ~ www.pixoto.com/4thegloryofgod/awards
Music Videos (from my Art Photography) ~