Strive to be Followers of Christ
"And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; BUT WE AN INCORRUPTIBLE .” -I Corinthians 9:25 [KJV] As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we must strive to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. It does a person no good to claim to trust, know and love Christ only to ignore and even reject His Word of grace given to guide us in our thoughts, attitude, character and conduct. Now in striving to be followers of Christ our Lord and Savior, we are well aware that we do not strive in and of our own power. It is by the grace and power of the Holy Spirit that we endeavor to obey the Word of God. To be "temperate in all things" is not to be self-controlled but to be controlled by the Holy Spirit Who fills, guides and motivates us in the ways of Christ. Paul wrote of his own striving in the ministry that it was all "according to HIS working, which worketh in me mightily" (...