An Evil Heart of Unbelief, Part 2
You cannot enter (into salvation for example) in unbelief. Two unbeliefs here: not receiving Salvation; and, two, once you have received it, what do you do with it?
And one big reason you cannot enter God’s promises and gifts, it is because of disobedience.
Louise teaches these principles by examining the life of the early Hebrews in Exodus and other books of the Pentateuch, first Five Books of the Bible.
Then she shifts to today, and the misuse of the doctrine of works. If I do enough (soup kitchen, etc.) I will be saved. Not so. You can only receive Salvation through the free gift of God, his Grace. The bottom lines is God speaking: “did you receive my son Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.” It is given to us freely by the Grace of God.
What you do after you are “born again,” for which you will receive rewards in heaven. But, what do I do after Salvation here on earth? Louise describes some of the actions, like sharing good things (the Word of God for example) with others.
Louise says one can tell a religious person when one sees one..
“I always sit in the same seat in Church. I am not able to hear God unless I am sitting in the same seat all the time,” etc.
People, for example, are afraid of change, like changing from worshipping at one church to another.
The story of God and Abraham told. The first thing God told Abraham to do was to “change,” leave everything you have and do what I say.
Louise then told about her story of moving from Lakeland, Fl. to Tulsa, Ok., from her comfortable life in Florida to something quite different at Rhema Bible Institute.
She moved, indeed, from security to moving, and obeying God. He told me “Louise you have to step out of the boat and walk on the water.” It was difficult at times but ‘I knew that I was where God wanted me to be.”
Wrap to this lesson. You may not be profiting in your religious life at the place/church where you are now. If so, you need to GO where you can truly worship God. You are never going to stand still spiritually. You need to decide today where I need to be to grow spiritually.
Louise ended with a prayer. “Father I come to you in the name of Jesus …and I am asking and calling You in the name of Jesus.I want to be your child.”
Bible Study With Louise Clayton 