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EQUILIBRIUM:

Finding Your Balance
in Christ
WRITTEN BY BROTHER RAJ
What Is Equilibrium?







Sa state of rest or balance due to
the equal action of opposing
forces.

Matthew 11:28-30
(AMP)

S 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden
and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will
[a]ease and relieve and [b]refresh [c]your souls.]
S 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am
gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will
find rest ([d]relief and ease and refreshment and
[e]recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.
S 30 For My yoke is wholesome (useful, [f]goodnot
harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable,
gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and
easy to be borne.
What is a Yoke?
A yoke is a wooden crosspiece that is fastened
over the necks of two animals and attached to the
plow or cart that they are to pull.
The Stage of Realization
S Realize: become fully aware of (something) as a fact;
understand clearly.
S In the stage of realization, a person becomes aware of
his spiritual status and understands his need for a
savior.
S Romans 10:14 (NIV) 14 How, then, can they call on the
one they have not believed in? And how can they
believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And
how can they hear without someone preaching to
them?
The Stage of Repentance
S Repent: think differently; change your mind, regretting
your sins and changing your conduct.
S John the Baptist Preaches Repentance: Matthew 3:2 (NIV)
S and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come
near.
S Jesus Preaches Repentance: Matthew 4:17 (NIV)
S From that time on Jesus began to preach, Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven has come near.
The Stages of
Confession & Salvation
S Confess: to own or admit as true, to declare or
acknowledge.
S Romans 10:9 (NLT) If you confess with your
mouth that Jesus is Lord and ..
S Salvation: Greek: soteria rescue or safety
(physically or morally): --deliver, health, salvation,
save, saving.
S believe in your heart that God raised him from
the dead, you will be saved.
The Stage of Holy Living
S Holy: Greek: hagios sacred (physically, pure, morally
blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated).
S 1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,
set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ
is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not
conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in
ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all
you do; 16 for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy.
S Leviticus 11: 44 I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves
and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean
by any creature that moves along the ground. 45 I am the Lord, who
brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy,
because I am holy.
Closing Words
S Christian life is not about living in peace and harmony
with the world system (Satans System). If that is the
case, then something has gone terribly wrong as we
have proceeded in our Christian Lives.
S John 6:38 (NIV) For I have come down from heaven not
to do my will but to do the will of him (Father) who sent
me.
S Matthew 6:24 (NIV) No one can serve two masters.
Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will
be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot
serve both God and money.
Take Up Your Cross
And Follow Jesus
S Matthew 10:35-38 (NIV)
S 35 For I have come to turn, a man against his father, a
daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law
S 36 a mans enemies will be the members of his own
household.
S 37 Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is
not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter
more than me is not worthy of me.
S 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is
not worthy of me.