{"id":3447,"date":"2015-10-24T09:29:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T09:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2015-10-24T09:29:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T09:29:29","slug":"the-identification-of-a-believer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3447","title":{"rendered":"The identification of a believer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The identification of a believer<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son<br \/>\nof God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Ga%202.20\">Ga 2:20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mark of Spiritual circumcision of the heart is faith in Christ. The<br \/>\nbeliever\u2019s life in this world is governed by the new heart which is<br \/>\nfreely given and sanctified by the Spirit of the Living God to a<br \/>\npreeminent faith in Christ. The abiding presence of \u201cChrist in you\u201d<br \/>\nreveals a distinct new life in contrast to our inherent, carnal heart<br \/>\nand nature. This is entirely a work of the omnipotent Spirit of God.<\/p>\n<p>The child of God is identified and known by his living relationship with<br \/>\nChrist. The believer is identified by a new heart \u2026 not a renovation<br \/>\n(repairs, redecoration, or remodeling) of the old \u2013 \u201cA new heart also<br \/>\nwill I give you, and a new Spirit will I put within you\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Eze%2036.26\">Eze 36:26<\/a>).<br \/>\nSpiritual circumcision is only comparative to fleshly circumcision in<br \/>\nthe identification of a particular people \u2013 \u201cHe is a Jew, which is one<br \/>\ninwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not<br \/>\nin the letter\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/Romans%202.29\">Romans 2:29<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The burden of emphasis is significantly directed to the heart that<br \/>\nrecognizes \u201cthe Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me\u201d, and<br \/>\ntherefore in response loves \u201cHim Who first loved us\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/1John%204.19\">1John 4:19<\/a>). The<br \/>\nGod-given love for Christ moves the believer to worship, adoration,<br \/>\ngratitude and commitment.<\/p>\n<p>The new heart has a discernment of truth and error. The child of God<br \/>\nknows the voice of his Shepherd and has an undeniable will to follow Him<br \/>\n&#8211; \u201cAnd when He putteth forth His Own sheep, He goeth before them, and<br \/>\nthe sheep follow Him: for they know His voice. And a stranger will they<br \/>\nnot follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of<br \/>\nstrangers\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/kjv1900\/John%2010.4-5\">John 10:4-5<\/a>). God the Father identifies His children by<br \/>\ngiving them a heart for Christ.<\/p>\n<p>All else will ultimately be revealed as uncircumcision which is unbelief<br \/>\nand identifies those who perish.- Tommy Robbins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The identification of a believer \u201c\u2026 the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.\u201d\u00a0Ga 2:20 The mark of Spiritual circumcision of the heart is faith in Christ. The believer\u2019s life in this world is governed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-tommy-robbins","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3448,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3447\/revisions\/3448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}