Being Set Free: Pursue Purity Living

By Roger K Holcomb

In the Episcopal Order of Worship, the priest sometimes introduces and mentions the Mosaic Law. The words given to Moses that the word [bold] is worth thinking about. We do well not to take the law lightly. It will take guts to look and not get bold enough in another way as having personal integrity to be accountable of yourself and be free of a

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stratton Press
• Release date: Jul 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9781648950841

Roger K Holcomb

With many writings of sermons and notes of spiritual golden nuggets I have collected in my library. With God's leadership and His calling, He gave me a pulpit to pioneer an independent work in West Virginia for five years and pulling it into an organization. Then transferring to Virginia with our three children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. My wife and I reside in Fairlawn and continue teaching the Word of God in our antique home.

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Acknowledge

I would like to thank Carson and Kay Linkous pastor of Assembly of God Church for helping me. Give the time that I need and to stop and slow down to allow the work of God in my life. As a young boy I would hear a song by Simon & Garfunkel Slow Down Moving To Fast. It was saying you’re moving too fast you gotta make the morning last. Giving us the Spiritual food we need and Love and compassion to us all. Joy shall come in the morning Over 31 years of working with people and bringing them to Christ, this gave me great inspiration to express love to others. In this book you will find golden nuggets as you read of love and compassion.

In my grandfather’s blacksmiths shed, there are hundreds of blacksmiths tools.As I walked in the shed, everything was in its place. You could look around the walls of the shed to see tools of all kinds. The excitement that I felt of the coal pit, anvil the heat starting to build up. Then the no. 6 hammer hit the anvil "ping, ping, ping with a double ping In my bones I felt the compassion of grandpa’s work with the bent iron. He showed me his compassion in his work and with our family. The love when our family came together as we all grew older, that same love and compassion was still there. You might be lucky, and find that love and compassion.

Cheers To Your Soul

On my spiritual journey, I have sat down each morning with a cup of coffee. That I have tackled what ails in our society our dwindling spiritual wholeness. The world is becoming increasingly complicated; technology, terrorism, and diseases are just some of the dangers threatening the physical and spiritual health of our modern society. For years, I have tackled these common fears in my notes that I’ve collected. In this book, I will take you on a journey into the heart of spirituality, teaching you how to be more susceptible to God’s shaping hand filled with inspiring messages. We are in a season of life when every search for direction, Encouragement, or fulfillment seems to come up empty. This book and golden nuggets will help you discover the unfathomable riches God has already surrounding you. You will learn to cherish where He has placed you as you uncover the hidden potential within your family, job, and community right where you are.

Epigraph

In the Episcopal Order of Worship, the priest sometimes introduces and mentions the Mosaic Law. The words given to Moses, that the word is worth thinking about. We do well not to take the law lightly. It will take guts to look and not get bold enough in another way as having personal integrity to be accountable of yourself, and be free of all guilt. This book will help you to be set free and true. There is a song that came out in the 60s and a movie, Born Free. The first line of the song caught my attention. Born free as free as the wind blows, as free as the grass grows. Born free to follow your heart. This was an inspiration to me. You can be set free and true as your heart.

Autobiography

With many writings of sermons and notes of spiritual golden nuggets I have collected in my library. With God’s leadership and His calling, He gave me a pulpit to pioneer an independent work in West Virginia for five years and pulling it into an organization. Then transferring to Virginia with our three children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. My wife and I reside in Fairlawn and continue teaching the Word of God in our antique home.

Chapter 1

Purity of Living

One of the questions that have been asked today is, What does it mean to live as a Christian? I read a story of a public health nurse that was from Canada and told about her work among the Eskimos. She told of a white man, that these people had no serious mental or emotional trouble, but now they were experiencing anxiety neuroses. When she was explaining this, a doctor next to her exploded joyfully, That’s wonderful! It’s about time they joined the human race." Although she was a little stunned, they soon realized what the doctor meant. There’s far more to life than the avoidance of problems. Sometimes, it’s only in problems that we discover what it really means to be alive.

Jesus said that He came that we might have life (John 10:10). The art of living He offers is far more than biblical knowledge, a hope for the future, or freedom from problems. It’s a life of fulfillment, involvement, direction, and sacrifice here and now.

God gives me insights while I ride on the way home from the church office or just a walk around the corner. Even when I’m out for a morning walk.

One summer in June, I was traveling to a conference with my wife. As I arrived, I grabbed my briefcase and papers I needed for the conference. We moved into the building where all the people were sitting. I wanted to sit toward the front to get the chance to get my conference papers done in order to be able to have more time to spend with my wife. As I saw a seat, I moved toward it and sat down. Then a couple walked toward us. A young minister and an elderly woman who was a delegate for their church. I was sure he was going to give the seat to the elderly woman, but he beat her to it.

For several minutes, I sat fiercely resenting this young minister next to me. But being a Christian means God deals with our resentment, and I began to lose mine in my concern and compassion for the woman, who was having difficulty standing in high-heel shoes. I began to pray that someone would give her a seat.

At the time, it was unthinkable that I should give up my seat because of the work I had and I wanted to spend time with my wife.

Before long, however, the Lord let me know I was sitting on the answer to my prayer, and I had better trade my irrelevant prayer for some relevant action.

I offered the woman my seat. Then as I stood in the back of the room with papers and my briefcase in my hand, my focus was once again on the young minister sitting beneath me. In the midst of feeling smug about being both a gentleman and a Christian, I realized that my motives were all wrong and that I had to ask God to put a new and right spirit within me.

Here was a lesson for me in microcosm. In a short space of time I had moved from resentment to concern to irrelevant prayer to relevant action to relevant action with the right spirit. I realized again that to live as a Christian means to live under the lordship of Christ in a dynamic that may change with every situation.

Jesus Christ came to give us life. Sometimes, we think that the salvation He brings has something to do with religion, but salvation is just another word for wholeness. Christ came to make people whole, physically as well as mentally and spiritually. There are many committed Christians who are sick emotionally and who have experienced only a small part of salvation, while there are pagans who have amazing psychic health, but who have no direction or purpose. In fact, they’ve missed the very center of life.

As a Christian, we must be concerned that we both receive wholeness and help others to receive it. In the ministry to others, we must be aware of the ingredients of wholeness. When a doctor examines a person that is sick, he tries to make it simple, on the spot diagnosis, though at times, a more complex examination with expensive laboratory equipment is required. But let us consider the simple, on-the-spot diagnosis of physician: they check your respiration and pulse, skin tone, the color of the eyes, and if the patient is conscious, whether they have been eating and eliminating normally. Even this cursory examination provides some clues to the nature of the illness.

We meet people of needs every day, and as Christians, we should know how to diagnose a person’s needs and how to bring relevant help.

I was in need of a person a few years ago and to the nature of their situation. I diagnosed the problem, but thinking that I would be able to meet their needs, I was not able to meet that need. There are needs of people that you may not be able to help in. This is when you refer to get their need completed. When the Apostle Paul told his story before King Agrippa, the king at one point said, Paul, are you trying to convert me? Paul replied, O king, I wish you were just like me except for these chains. Paul certainly did not mean he was perfect, for he was acutely aware of his own needs, but he had discovered the act of living as a Christian.

If you as a minister are not able to meet the needs of that person, be truthful to them; this may be out of your practice. Be a true Christian and minister.

I remember when I was in my course of study and pastoring. I took note of one of my professors which I enjoyed. He explained to us three Greek words that describe the three aspects of the Kingdom of God that are the basis of the Christian style of life.

The first is Kerygma, the essential proclamation that God came among us in Jesus Christ. He died for our sins, rose from the dead, and is now Lord of all of life. The second is Kainonia or fellowship in depth with a few other Christians. The third is Diakonia or serve to people in the world.

In my own experience, these three seem precisely the ingredients for wholeness of life for an individual, a group, or a church. Many Christians have heard the Kerygma, and they may even be in a small group fellowship in depth, but they are not in any kind of relevant and sacrificial service to others.

On the other hand, some people are involved deeply in services and occasionally in fellowship,