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Good works pleasing to God

10 Wednesday Apr 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Church, conscience, Discerning the Spirits, enlightened, Faith, Following Jesus, good works, grace, joy, sin

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Today I want to offer you an excerpt from a long treatise on REALLY good works by Martin Luther (not King). Sometimes we might have preconceptions and wrong ideas about how BIG good works must be or rather ‘look like’. However, our good works can be pretty small. They might even take place without anyone noticing them… but God. Now here is the part I chose of Martin Luther’s treatise (emphasis in bold letters has been added by me). If you want to read more, follow the link beneath the excerpt.

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Called to Live A Holy Life

05 Saturday Jan 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in a holy life, Abiding IN Christ, Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Christianity, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, False Teachers, Fellowship with God, Following Jesus, God calls, God's guidance, Intimacy with God, Ministry, My Spiritual Diary, peace, Preaching, Spirit vs. Flesh, The Bible

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Happy New Year to every reader of my blog!  🙂 This post should have been published in December already, but as I was very busy and have been sick for a week. As for me, I sometimes wonder whether we as Christians know that we are called to live a holy life, a life that is evidently different from what this world calls ‘life’. Not that I am thinking here of ‘holy’ Christians who preach the law while they tend to live licentiousness privately sooner or later. Such preachers are often characterized by a very offensive style of preaching. They only ‘feel good’ if they were able to misuse their self-assumed authority by beating the hell out of their audience (speaking spiritually here). If those who were preached to bow their heads eventually as they find themselves completely discouraged, only then such preachers feel better than others. This is a carnal way to preach the gospel, indeed, as it only serves to boost the sermonizer’s self.

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It’s a Matter of Faith

26 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Church, confusion, Deception, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, Faith, False Spirits, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, God's Voice, Inspiration, Knowing God, Obedience, peace, Spirit vs. Flesh, The Bride of Christ, The Cross

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A misty morning, sitting at the hairdresser. Looking out the window, I see people hurrying to and fro around the main station area in Fürth. As I had asked the Lord whether I should begin to write a new blog article here or not, He answered, “If you like.” I responded, “Only if YOU like!” since I have had no clue, until now, what to write about. 🤔

However, that’s IT, indeed! 😊 I do not want to write about the BIG things God might be inclined to do through us because that would not be the truth. How many Christians still tend to believe that God’s main interests were in revival, in teaching proper doctrine, in healing the sick and helping the needy, or in evangelism aka preaching the gospel to save the lost? “Hey, wait a moment…” I hear someone say, “The Bible tells us that some of these things you mentioned will follow those who believe.” Yeah, that is right. But do we really believe just as Jesus believed His Father? Do we think that our Lord cared and worried about these issues as we do today? Or did He not, rather, care about what His tender loving Daddy in heaven had on His mind at any given moment?

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Life in the Spirit

08 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Set Free, Building up the Body of Christ, Christ in us, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Fellowship with God, Friendship with God, God's guidance, joy, Mind of Christ, Ministry, My Spiritual Diary, peace, Prayer, The World, Transformation, Waiting on God, Walking in the Spirit

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This title might sound a bit simple to some, yet I was wondering whether it is always that easy for us to distinguish between our natural way of living and its spiritual counterpart which springs from Christ’s Life in us. Just lately I got aware of certain differences between my natural soul life’s powers and God’s supernatural powers we might receive through spiritual communion and fellowship with Him. Sometimes these two ways of living take turns within a few seconds and I am amazed at how different they really are! Even if our natural thinking, speaking, and doing is sophisticated, sooner or later we get exhausted if we remain on this level… UNLESS we can be sure of man’s approval and appreciation! If someone applauds, our soul receives new power and energy with which we can go on, even without God, and even without realizing that we left Him somehow behind.

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The Spirit of This Age

25 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, Following Jesus, God's guidance, Growing in Christ, Rebellion, Spirit vs. Flesh, Walking in the Spirit

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“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” (1 Pt 2:11-12 KJV)

During the last few months I got more and more aware that this whole world is in enmity with God. Just yesterday I watched a female teacher walking in the street with about 20 boys and girls who were heading toward school again. Having taught children myself, I know how difficult it is today to make yourself heard (not only by kids). It seems that the (fallen) human mind is so busy with thinking about itself and how they can get their way with others that they hardly perceive the needs of other people, even of those close to them. It seems to me that most people do not know that our mind and heart naturally live in rebellion with God, with laws of any kind, and with authorities like parents, grandparents, teachers, and official institutions. Even if our old nature submits to authorities, do we always obey out of love for God and others or, rather, isn’t it the fear of punishment that makes us often do what was demanded?

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Let’s get real, friends!

07 Monday Jul 2014

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Following Jesus, Ministry, Preaching, Seeking the Truth, Walking in the Spirit

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Straw Field (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

Straw Field (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

I am fully aware that this article might offend some people. However, we should know that the truth almost always offends our flesh. Letting His light shine into our very heart is NEVER comfortable. It is painful!

So, only if you want to let the great heart surgeon have more than a casual glance into the dark cellar of your unconscious mind any time soon, you should go on reading. If not, it would be better to cling to the dangerous delusion of believing Jesus came to make you a better human being. In fact, He came to save sinners from perishing in their (unconscious) sinfulness by giving them the light to see their lostness and hopelessness without Him.

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