Death to Self, the Path to Change and the Power of God by Guillermo Maldonado

Author:Guillermo Maldonado [Maldonado, Guillermo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: King Jesus International Ministry
Published: 2015-10-06T07:00:00+00:00

Frustration with the religious system

Christ presented Himself as a living sacrifice, in the Jordan, because He had reached the point of frustration with the religiosity of His time. He was tired of attending the synagogue, the temple, and see nothing supernatural take place. He was the long-awaited Messiah; the one that all of the prophets had announced. However, though He was finally on Earth, those who had waited and announced His arrival could not see Him. The laws, norms, and religious traditions they had built had become more important for the religious entities of His time that receiving the Redeemer promised by the Father. There was no move of the Holy Spirit. There was no presence of God or manifestation of miracles, signs, and wonders, or any supernatural happening in the synagogues—where it should have been expected to take place. The priests and Scribes were more focused on the rules they had established and on the fear of losing their positions than on receiving the Messiah. They taught a historic God, not the God of now; a traditional God, not a God of power; a distant, absent God of promises but not of fulfillment. From this we can conclude that the greatest enemy of Jesus Christ on Earth was not Satan but the religion that waited for Him to come, sometime in the future, but not now. Religion was the thing Jesus Christ hated most; what He most confronted, fought against, and even cursed. It was what led Him to die many deaths. He knew there was more of God that He as a Man had not yet experienced, but He was determined to manifest Him regardless of how many times He had to die. His decision was made, and He went to the Jordan to die to self in order to bring change.

Every change begins with frustration over a present situation and a death.

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