Ten Rules For Revolutionaries

...Been reading through the book Jesus Freaks II

Thought this was very serious!!!

HOW DO I BECOME A REVOLUTIONARY?

1.


LIVE THE FIVE LOVES

Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Jesus
Matthew 22:37-40 NIV

Love your enemies, bless these who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.

Jesus
Matthew 5:44 NKJV

2.

ALWAYS GO DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

GOD
Jeremiah 29:12-13

Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts away every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more fruit. You are already clean because of what I have said to you. Stay joined to me, and I will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it stays joined to the vine, you can not produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then thou will produce lots of fruit. But you can not do anything without me. If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away. You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a fire. Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered. When you become fruitful disciples of men, my Father will be honored.

Jesus
John 15:1-8
3.

GET CONNECTED- YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.

Hebrews 10:24-25

We will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

Paul
Ephesians 4:15-16 NLT
4.

ADOPT TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is _his good, pleasing and perfect will. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out you, develops well-formed maturity in you.


Paul
Romans 12: 2

5.

LIVE IT , DON'T JUST SAY IT

Meanwhile, live in such a way that you are a credit to the Message of Christ. Let nothing in your conduct hang on whether I come or not. Your conduct must be the same whether I show up to see things for myself or hear of it from a distance. Stand united, singular in vision, contending for people's trust in the Message, the good news, not flinching or dodging in the slightest before the oppostion. Your courage and unity will show them what they're up against: defeat for them, victory for you_and both because of God.

Paul
Philippians 1:27-28 THE MESSAGE

6.

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

Paul
Galatians 6:9 TEV

7.

DON'T ACCEPT FACE VALUE

God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.

Paul
1 Corinthians 1:27 NLT

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

Paul
1 Corinthians 3:6-9 NIV

8.

STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE

Preach the Good News. Be ready at all times, and tell people what they need to do. Tell them when they are wrong. Encourage them with great patience and careful teaching, because the time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching but will find many more teachers who please them by saying the things they want to her. They will stop listening to the truth and begin to follow false stories.

Paul
2 Timothy 4:2-4 NCV

9.

REMEMBER THE B.A.S.I.C.S.

Remember the Lords people who are in jail and be concerned for them. Don't forget those who are suffering, but imagine that you are there with them.

Hebrews 13:3

B.a.s.i.c.s. Stands for brothers and sisters in chains.

So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech. As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can grow up and be saved.

Peter
1 Peter 2:1-2 NCV

10.

"YOUR MISSION, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT... " ACCEPT IT.

'I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world."

GOD

Jeremiah 1:5 NLT

You are unique. There is no one else like you in this world; or in His body. Before you were considered and placed into your mother's womb, God had a design, a task, and a calling for you. He has gifted you, and only you can fill that destiny; therefore I implore you to follow the Divine instincts that the Father has placed within you, for this is your destiny. Discover your passion. This is your promise land for you to conquer. You can impact this world . Once you find you will take root and bud and fill the earth with Him. Dare to Be a Revolutionary!


Before His Throne


Robert