Philemon 1:25
25 The grace [charis] of our [hemon] Lord [kurios] Jesus [Iesous] Christ [Christos] be with [meta] your [humon] spirit [pneuma]. Amen
[amen]. Written
[grapho] from [apo] Rome [Rhome] to [pros] Philemon [Philemon], by [dia] Onesimus [Onesimos] a servant
[oiketes]. KJV-Interlinear
25 The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ be with your spirit. NASB
Grace means favor. This is the favor of God to any and all who
comply with truth.Those who reject
truth are denied grace.
In reality there are
three forms of grace.The first is
common grace, or a grace which applies to everyone. Grace is primarily directed toward believers,
and in the common arena of this world, God has prepared many things designed to
help believers survive in this world.
This includes the air
we breathe, the food and resources that are available for our use, the
economics principles, the laws of divine establishment and so forth which help
humanity survive in this world.Because they
share this world with believers, then unbelievers enjoy common grace simply
because they have an association with believers by living in the same world.
So common grace for
everyone includes blessing by association for unbelievers.
Note that when the
Rapture occurs, all believers will leave this world and only unbelievers will be
left behind to populate the world.The
world will rapidly deteriorate into chaos and near extinction, but were it not
for that fact that many would come to believe in Christ during that
Tribulational period, the world would quickly die.
The only thing that
prohibits the world from immediate destruction, is due to the many who will
believe in Christ, thus holding off the destruction of humanity.
The second form of
grace is for believers in general, and only for believers. This is the provision of God in getting man
through this life.God
provides history driven by His Divine Decrees, and doctrine by which man can
advance in his spiritual life.Jesus
Christ controls history.
The third form of grace
is greater grace, which is designed for mature believers only. Those who advance in their spiritual life,
enjoy a greater form of grace not only in this life but especially in eternity.
This last form of grace
is the ultimate and most desired grace (favor) that anyone can receive from
God. This is your goal in life for now
and for eternity.
Grace from God is by
design from the Father and executed by the Son.
The Holy Spirit sustains grace throughout human history. All grace comes to us through the Son, Jesus
Christ.And all grace is directed toward
your spirit.Your human spirit, which is
the third form of life you received at the moment you believed in Christ.
Your human spirit is
the vessel, in which eternal life resides, and the filter through which all
spiritual food, enters into your soul.
No salvation, no human spirit.No
human spirit, no spiritual life.
This letter was written
by Paul while in Rome, and carried to Philemon, by Onesimus.
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