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1 Timothy 1:16
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16 Howbeit [alla] for this [touto] cause [dia] I obtained
mercy, [eleeo] that [hina] in [en] me [emoi] first [protos] Jesus [Iesous] Christ [Christos] might shew forth [endeiknumi] all [pas] longsuffering, [makrothumia] for [pros] a pattern [hupotuposis] to them which should
hereafter [mello]
believe [pisteuo] on [epi] him [autos] to [eis] life [zoe] everlasting. [aionios] KJV-Interlinear
16 And yet for this reason I
found mercy, in order that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might
demonstrate His perfect patience, as an example for those who would believe in
Him for eternal life. NASB
Jesus Christ came into
the world to save sinners.By
definition, sinners are failures in life, lost to all of eternity and have no
way out.All of humanity,
consists of sinners.Jesus is the only
exception.You are not an exception.
Therefore, no one can
earn, or work for their salvation, because He did not come into the world to
save those who are capable of saving themselves. No one is capable. That dismisses all forms of works, or elitism,
or superiority concepts as possible mechanisms for salvation. That dismisses all forms of religion,
philosophy, cults, beliefs, etc., that are based on works or human effort or human
attributes.That leaves Christianity as
the only viable relationship with God, through Christ.
All abilities, all
talents, all social status, all achievements, that anyone may possess or occupy
in life, is God given, and not human earned.
God formed the clay vessels, not the vessels themselves. You cannot impress God by being you, because
He made you.You did not make
yourself.There is no such thing as the
self made individual.
And so, God came into this
world to save sinners, and in doing so, He hands out His grace as a gift to all
that will accept it.
Paul has used himself
as the example of a total failure in life, and if God can save Paul, who was a
lying, cheating, self-righteous, murdering misfit, then God is able to save
anyone.That includes you.
There is no one who is
beyond salvation, unless they are already dead, and not too many of them are
likely to be reading this study, now.
That s my humor for the day.
So if you are not dead,
then you must be alive, and if you are alive, then God is able to save
you.And you receive your salvation by
believing in Jesus Christ.You simply
state in your own heart, in your own thoughts, Father, I believe in Jesus
Christ.
Father, is God the
Father, and it is to Him that all prayers are addressed. Expressions of faith are in effect prayers,
and they are always answered with approval and acceptance. That is Gods promise. The expression of faith to receive salvation,
takes but a moment of time, and it doesn t even hurt.
Makrothumia, means
patience, patience with humanity.And
God has all of the patience in the world and more. He has looked down through the tunnel of time
and knows how long you are going to reject Him.
But He will wait until you come to your senses, or until you have
committed yourself to eternal doom.In
either case, you cannot blame God for your procrastination.
But the longer you hold out, the greater the risk
of your losing everything, forever. And ones eternal destiny is something that no
one should gamble with, because there is nothing to be gained by rejecting
Christ, and everything to lose.
Paul is the pattern of a loser. The pattern (sin in
all categories) is in view here, not the deeds or their quantity. There is no one who can claim themselves as
being a worse sinner.
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