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You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
12 That [hopos] the name [onoma] of our [hemon] Lord [kurios] Jesus [Iesous] Christ [Christos] may be glorified [edoxazo] in [en] you, [humin] and [kai] ye [humeis] in [en] him, [autos] according to [kata] the grace [charis] of our [hemon] God [theos] and [kai] the Lord [kurios] Jesus [Iesous] Christ. [Christos]KJV-Interlinear
12 in order that the name of our
Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him,
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. NASB
And all of this which
we have been studying, all of your life, all of your existence, all of your
future, all of your self-value and worth, all of your whole purpose for being,
and so forth, result and are a direct result of Christ in you.
And that simply means, that Christ, represented by doctrine, is inside of
you, only when you learn it.The Bible
is the mind of Christ.You have to learn
it in order to understand it.
And for those skeptics,
the Bible is more than just the begats, the life of
Moses, the baby Jesus, etc.Anyone can
read the Bible, even Satan knows it better than you.
But, the Bible content
does not come alive within you until your spiritual life becomes functional.
Functional simply means
that you have to grow up.That requires
study, learning, understanding, and most important, all of this while living
your life within the fellowship sphere.Fellowship is the sphere you live within when you confess your sins to
God the Father.We have an extensive
study of this subject in 1, 2, and 3rd John.
And by the way, this is
the single biggest reason why most folks spiritual life, is non-functional,
and therefore why they do not get the answers they seek in life, because they
approach their spiritual life incorrectly.
Anyway, back to the begats, etc.Reading
the scriptures is not going to make you grow up.You have to study and learn while living
within the fellowship sphere, and when you do so, then the Holy Spirit, who you
cannot feel or detect, operates the miracle of spiritual growth for you, by
metabolizing spiritual food into your soul, and building for you, your very own
spiritual fortress, temple, power within you.
That is, Christ in you.
And
as for you in Christ.Then your completed life is a result of His
work in your life, and Christ is due the credit for it all.
And all of this, and much more, is due to the grace of God.Grace means favor. And there is no one better in existence than
God, from whom you can receive the greatest favor around.But that favor comes only through Jesus
Christ and through no other source.For Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship with God
(the Father), through Christ. This is the single most important attribute
of Christianity that sets it apart from all other beliefs Jesus Christ.He is the path to the Almighty.
Mans ability, mans
effort, mans seeking credit and an equality with God is a phony concept and is all
rejected in Gods plan.Only the work of Christ is efficacious.Mans work is arrogance, delusional, and self
destructive.
Gods plan for your life
will succeed.
Mans plan will never
succeed.Just look at human history and
the many problems that have never been solved.Man cannot even prevent his own death.Man cannot prevent sin.And, one
day, in the Tribulation to come, history will demonstrate that man cannot
prevent his own demise.
And they will scoff,
and they will laugh, and they will ridicule, but what things better do they
have to offer?
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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