Jesus came to earth to purchase people through his blood. But he came for more than that. His life on earth is to set an example of how we are to live our lives. The term "Christian" actually means Christ-like or "little christs." If we aren't living like him, then we have become "carnal."
So what is our example? What did Jesus do?
Mark chapter 1 v. 29-39
We are called to do as Jesus does. These scriptures pretty much sum it up. So far, this has been his ministry: To preach the gospel truth, to heal the sick, and to cast out demons. Often, you find churches who want to do the first two (and some churches only believe in the first one), but Jesus calls us to do all 3. He says we are to follow his example. If we aren't doing all three - preaching the gospel (and i don't mean just the pastor on Sunday mornings, but ALL of God's children sharing his gospel in their community/environment), praying for healing, and casting out demons/setting people from from demonic oppression, then we are lacking in following his example. I don't mean we have to go LOOK for someone demonized to pray for, but if the presence of God is alive and active within us, the opportune time will come up... Demon's shudder at the presence of God.
One last thing, this scripture says Jesus SPENT TIME ALONE praying to the father... He created opportunities in his crazy schedule to have ALONE time with himself and Daddy God. We, too, must set apart ourselves from the world and have alone time with the Father - to just pray, and listen... It's how we refill ourselves with his presence. If we are just pouring out and not being refilled, then we are going to run dry eventually.
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