Living as Victims is in Effect the Same as Denying Christ
Since one of the most challenging, yet most powerful and life changing principles promoted in FAMM is that we are NOT victims of our circumstances–that we are instead VICTORS IN JESUS CHRIST, I strongly encourage every man and woman standing for marriage restoration to watch Charles Stanley’s TV broadcast message from this past weekend, entitled Wisdom For Life’s Trials. It’s such an awesome message and another powerful example of God’s unfailing faithfulness to uphold and confirm so much of what we’ve been discussing recently in the FAM Fellowship; particularly at our FAM Reunion in Fort Lauderdale last month.
while that’s often a very difficult message to receive when we feel so devastated and the pain of marital unfaithfulness is so fresh, it’s a vitally important biblical principle for everyone standing in faith and obedience on the power and promise of God’s Word for marriage restoration to grasp. Otherwise, we are in effect denying Christ because as with most challenging issues for all of us as Christians, especially when we find ourselves in the midst of trying circumstances, it all boils down to whether or not we believe God and that NO wisdom, NO insight and NO plan can succeed against the Lord as declared in Proverbs 21:30. One reason what we believe is so vitally important is found in what Jesus said in Matthew 9:29… “According to your faith will it be done to you”. And then in Mark 11:24-25, Jesus said “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Forgiveness is so important to all of us as hurt and abandoned spouses because our failure and inability to forgive those who have hurt us causes us to wallow in self-pity, pride and self-righteousness and buy into the devil’s lies that we are victims and not the victors Jesus came to make us. And when we consider the wisdom and truth of Luke 6:45 and what God said in Numbers 14:28, there can be no doubt that what we believe and speak will ultimately be brought to fruition in our lives as further confirmed in Proverbs 18:20-21. So our failure to believe and put our faith in God and His unfailing faithfulness to uphold His Word is like denying Jesus because as we’re taught in Hebrews 11:6, And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Since Dr. Stanley covers this in such great detail and makes it so easy to understand, and it’s a very important message and concept for all of us to get, please take the time to listen to his powerful message…and more than once!!! As a further learning tool, here’s his Sermon Outline.
Truly understanding how God uses even the most difficult times in our lives for good, that He has EVERYTHING in His control, and learning to trust and obey Him no matter what, is life changing, so be blessed and encouraged as you open your heart, mind and spirit to receive this powerful message and walk it out in your life and circumstances.