Philemon 1:6
6 That [hopos] the communication [koinonia] of thy [sou] faith [pistis] may become [ginomai]
effectual [energes] by [en] the acknowledging [epignosis] of every [pas] good thing [agathos] which [ho] is in [en] you [humin] in [eis] Christ [Christos] Jesus [Iesous]. KJV-Interlinear
6 and I pray that the fellowship
of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing
which is in you for Christ's sake. NASB
The communication of
your faith means the spiritual growth that you acquire by means of your advance
in the knowledge, understanding and application of Bible doctrine in your life.
Faith is the result of
your spiritual growth.Faith is the
spiritual muscle, the spiritual power, unseen and undetected within this world.
Effectual means simply
that, effective, capable, powerful.This
is the most powerful weapon in existence.
God has an army, and
you are in that army.God can certainly
lean down here and wipe out every evil element in existence, but that would not
solve the problem of Satan s complaints against Him. Nor would it allow for current and future
generations of believers to have their chance in life.
Every good thing is the
production of God.Good is Gods
possession and no one else's.Good is
the production of Christ.Christ is the
living word, and Bible doctrine is the written word. Doctrine in you is the same as Christ in you,
and Christ in you means that when you are in fellowship and functioning in accordance
with Gods will, your production is good.
The world, as it is
symbolically used, is for the promotion of evil and nothing else. There is no good thing in this world. Good comes only from God and to us through
doctrine.
This universe was
created to be inhabited.The angels
ruined that. So God is gathering all of
those who will voluntarily belong to Him, and preparing them for a new
universe. That new home will come at the end of human history.
Instead of reaching
down with His powerful arms, and doing His work, God reaches down with
doctrine, and with doctrine supported by the Holy Spirit, this world is held
together.That is the only reason that
human history has not failed before now.
One day, the Rapture
will occur and with it, all believers and all worldly support will be withdrawn
from the world.Human rule will then last
only seven more years and then extinction would be inevitable.
When a nation ends its
peaceful diplomacy with an enemy, it withdraws its representatives, and then invasion
of war is inevitable.The Rapture will be
that formal withdrawal and declaration.
But until then, God,
through believers, uses His power in doctrine, to wage the silent war whereby
the world is sustained for the believers sake, and for all those who will
believe and advance in their spiritual life.
There are many implications
to your existence in this world, and perhaps one day you will be able to look
back and recognize them.God does
nothing haphazardly or by chance.
Nothing happens by accident.