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21 de febrero de 2013
Jesús nos prometió su gozo, pero ese gozo se le escapa a muchos cristianos.
Hay ciertas cuestiones importantes que debemos entender en cuanto al gozo. Este regalo para cada creyente en Cristo tiene una fuente espiritual, el Espíritu Santo, y se produce internamente por medio de Él. Puesto que el gozo divino es sobrenatural, existe independientemente de nuestras circunstancias. En cambio, la felicidad se origina de causas externas, es terrenal por naturaleza, y aumenta o disminuye con el cambio de las circunstancias.
El gozo emanará del Espíritu Santo si…
El Espíritu Santo desea producir su gozo en usted. Aparte unos minutos para contemplar la maravilla de su nuevo nacimiento, compartir el gozo espiritual de alguien, servir como Dios le dirija, o recibir dirección de su Palabra. Revise después su barómetro emocional. ¿No está diciendo todavía ¡aleluya!?
Dios te bendiga!
Amen
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The Danger in Being a Christian: It began as a Jewish sect; fierce persecution only helped it spread
Acts 8 Acts 8:1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. In some countries, a person who becomes a Christian forfeits a good education and job. And in a few countries, a person who converts risks his or her life. One church historian estimates that more Christians were martyred in the twentieth century than in all preceding centuries put together. Yet, strangely, more often than not, intense persecution of Christians leads to a spurt of growth in the church. An ancient saying expresses this phenomenon: “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church.” The First Big Advance For a while, the new faith enjoyed popular favor. But very soon it involved grave risk. In the book of Acts, the persecution that produced the first Christian martyr, Stephen, ironically brought about the advance of Christianity outside its Jewish base. Forced out of stormy Jerusalem, the scatterin...
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