Brother Bob…What do you mean I’m responsible for my walk with Christ? Sadly, many Believers in the Church today have been duped into believing that either the Spirit of Yahweh or Yeshua Christ Himself are totally responsible for their spiritual walk! A lot of born-again Believers are foolishly told that IF their faith is strong enough…they can simply ‘sit back’…’put their feet up’ and watch the savior or the Holy Spirit ‘fight’ all their spiritual battles for them! Here are just a FEW of the hundreds of Bible verses which clearly show that the born-again, Spirit-indwelt, blood-bought children of Yahweh…and NOT the Spirit of Yahweh…are accountable for ‘walking the talk’!

Luke 13:24 --- “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.

Romans 12:11 Never be lazy; but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.

1 Corinthians 3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.

Philippians 2:12 Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.

1 Timothy 4:10 This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers.

1 Timothy 5:17 Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.

2 Timothy 2:15 Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.

Hebrews 2:1,3 So we must listen very carefully to the Truths that we have heard, or we may drift away from it. So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Yeshua himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?

Hebrews 4:6,11 So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

2 Peter 1:10-11 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. IF you work hard at doing these things…then Yahweh will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Yeshua Christ.

Church, the idea that the Holy Spirit is ‘responsible,’ or worse yet is the One, who does all this stuff above for Believers is ludicrous! Any words of ‘honor’ or ‘praise’ (from Yeshua Christ) (at the Judgment Seat of Christ) for a ‘job well done’…will be empty words IF we’re not the ones deserving of those words of honor or praise! If it isn’t the Believer who plays a major role in ‘fighting the good fight’…then the whole Judgment Seat of Christ reward system is a farce! I don’t know about you…but I don’t want to take credit (i.e. get rewarded) ‘for a job well done’…IF I wasn’t the one choosing to strive to try and please my savior and my Heavenly Father! I want it to be me and not the Spirit of Yahweh who ‘earned’ the praises of my savior!

Speaking the Truth in love,

Brother Bob