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Grace, peace and blessings upon you all!
Brothers and sisters, every week people gather under steeples to listen to a message about this so-called-salvation that we can have by asking this “Jesus” to come into our hearts. However, messages never use this scripture when referring to eternal life, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3 (NASB) Eternal life is so much more than a religious confession, it is an intimacy with the Father and the Son!
We can gain a lot of wisdom by studying the church epistles written by Paul, who had a real relationship with Jesus. In reading God’s Word, we can plainly see how his relationship with Jesus cost him his membership (so-to-speak) in religion.
Paul repeatedly makes it known to us that before his born-again experience, he was a Pharisee. (Acts 22:3; 23:6; 26:5; Philippians 3:5) Not only was he a Pharisee, but he was a Pharisee of Pharisees! As Paul is reflecting on his previous days, he tells us, “… If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.” Philippians 3:4-6 (NKJV) He had completed the rituals and traditions of men under the Pharisee religion. In the eyes of religion, Paul was a man of great value.
However, when Paul was born again, he declared, “… what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,” Philippians 3:7-10 (NKJV) It was through a firsthand experience that Paul received the revelation that in order to go all the way, he would first have to have a relationship with the Father and the Son. Therefore, we see that through this knowledge Paul learned how to pray for others because he knew this relationship was necessary.
“[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,”
Ephesians 1:17 (AMPC)
In His Service,
Your Sister Leah and Daughter Zoe
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By Leah SivleyGrace, peace and blessings upon you all!
Brothers and sisters, every week people gather under steeples to listen to a message about this so-called-salvation that we can have by asking this “Jesus” to come into our hearts. However, messages never use this scripture when referring to eternal life, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3 (NASB) Eternal life is so much more than a religious confession, it is an intimacy with the Father and the Son!
We can gain a lot of wisdom by studying the church epistles written by Paul, who had a real relationship with Jesus. In reading God’s Word, we can plainly see how his relationship with Jesus cost him his membership (so-to-speak) in religion.
Paul repeatedly makes it known to us that before his born-again experience, he was a Pharisee. (Acts 22:3; 23:6; 26:5; Philippians 3:5) Not only was he a Pharisee, but he was a Pharisee of Pharisees! As Paul is reflecting on his previous days, he tells us, “… If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.” Philippians 3:4-6 (NKJV) He had completed the rituals and traditions of men under the Pharisee religion. In the eyes of religion, Paul was a man of great value.
However, when Paul was born again, he declared, “… what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,” Philippians 3:7-10 (NKJV) It was through a firsthand experience that Paul received the revelation that in order to go all the way, he would first have to have a relationship with the Father and the Son. Therefore, we see that through this knowledge Paul learned how to pray for others because he knew this relationship was necessary.
“[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,”
Ephesians 1:17 (AMPC)
In His Service,
Your Sister Leah and Daughter Zoe