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Who Lives Your Life? by: Anthony Keith Whitehead We often hear people make remarks like 'I live my life to the full' or 'No one tells me what to do' and so forth. Those who make such remarks are either worldly people or people whose attitudes are dominated by the world. Following The World Things are, or should be, very different for the Christian. Why? Simply because someone who is imitating Jesus cannot at the same time be imitating the world. Revelation 12.9 tells us two interesting facts. The first is that, when the ancient serpent, or Satan was defeated he was not consigned to hell but was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. Secondly, we are told that Satan leads the whole world astray. Consequently, those who follow the world follow Satan. Perhaps not knowingly, nor willingly. But then, Satan cares little about how much people know or whether they would do what they do willingly if they knew differently! What is the alternative? How do we guard ourselves against being misled? How do we avoid being duped by Satan? Following Jesus = Following The Spirit Every Christian has been given Jesus as his/her model. His is the example we follow - in everything! This is not easy but it is something we have to keep pursuing. Now, in John's gospel Jesus makes a particular principle of his very clear. On several separate occasions he tells us that he never does anything except that it is in the Father's will for him (e.g. John 5. 19; 5. '30
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