Yes we even read about a thief in the scripture who gave his life to Christ,he didn't even get the opportunity to be baptized, yet,Big brother Jesus promised him eternal life but you must understand that the man was dying almost immediately he accepted Christ.
There was also a story about the ten virgins,5 were foolish and the other 5 were wise,they were called wise because of their ready-mode,they had enough oil to last them till their groom will appear,they had their oil of readiness and desire to follow the Lord intact,meanwhile the foolish virgins allowed their oil to be consumed by time (Delay of their groom) and the flame of life,they forgot that the flame to keep them ready must be kept alive,so they didn't carry extra oil.
It is not enough to accept the Lord into your life,He wants people whose eyes are fixed on Him and not on the world.
He want people who will desire His kingdom more than any other thing on Earth.If He finds out that your eyes are not fixed on the kingdom but on the world,He will tell you, as you plead and cry to enter His kingdom, that He don't know you.
You must Hunger and thirst after the kingdom of God,you are not permitted to return to the world.Do not be like Lot's wife who looked back towards what she was leaving behind.
Keep your eyes only focused on the Lord.
Your hunger stimulates growth.
It is not enough for a mother to give birth to a child,her joy will turn to sadness,if he refused to eat from the moment he was born.
As a new born baby,you must desire the sincere milk of God's word,now God commanded that we desire the word of God as milk and as you continue to grow,your desire must change from milk to meat but at every point in your life,you must have a desire to know God.
It is a command for us to desire this milk of God's word,you may not feel like you need this milk,you may not really have this desire but God is commanding us to desire this milk because we just have to grow.
Even Jesus confirmed that the Love of many will later wax cold as the world begins to wrap up but as a believer,you can't allow time to consume your love for God,you must intentionally desire this milk and you do that by removing everything that seems to occupy the place of God in your life and daily drinking God's word..
You must know the gospel isn't
"Gloria,fly"but didn't give you wings to fly with
The gospel commands you to fly and then provides you with wings that will enable you to fly.
So when the Lord command us to drink the pure milk of His word,He has placed in us a deep longing for that milk,so anytime you don't feel like drinking it,it is because you've been drinking from some contaminated milk which the devil has provided.
Your feet might be frozen in your genetic makeup or sin or even that dysfunctional family that you originated from.You might have concluded that,that's the way you are,there are no faithful Christians in your family,there are just so many weakness you keep battling with,yes! With all of these,it is obvious that you don't desire this milk that can cause you to grow but the Lord is saying " Well have them"
This is not about how you feel about yourself or what you think about yourself but you must have this milk so you can grow into what God had said concerning you.
This is a call for us to desire growth.
It is not enough to accept Christ and get baptize,we must grow into the fullness of God.
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