02/04/2020
YOU CAN'T BE UNEMPLOYED IF YOU'RE GROWING IN CHRIST!
(It is not possible)
-Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc, DD
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be BARREN nor unfruitful in the KNOWLEDGE of our Lord Jesus Christ.(2 Peter 1:8)
Now, the English is a bit misleading when it uses the word "barren", it's from the Greek word "argos". It means to be unemployed, idle, slothful, indolent- it's talking about somebody who's not working; disinclined to work. So, that's the meaning of the word "barren." It doesn't mean like you actually read there in the English version. The word means idle- doing nothing. It means, the guy is not doing anything. And the Bible says, "if these things be in you,...(you cannot be doing nothing). It says that they make you such that you'll not be unemployed. Let me show you about this being unemployed, you'll understand what it means because it uses exactly the same construction.
See, unemployment is terrible. Do you know that you can't be UNEMPLOYED if you're GROWING in CHRIST? It's not POSSIBLE. You cannot be wandering around not having nothing to do. He'll make you a CREATOR; He'll give you IDEAS; you'll COME up with SOMETHING. If they don't give you a JOB, you'll MAKE one. If nobody EMPLOYS you, and you grow with this kind of knowledge- the knowledge that makes us masters, you'll not be doing nothing. Hallelujah! He says, "For if these things be in you, and abound(in increasing measure), they make you that ye SHALL neither be BARREN(Greek: argos:- unemployed, slothful, indolent, idle) nor unfruitful in the knowledge(Greek: epignosis:- full, exact knowledge) of our Lord Jesus Christ(2 Peter 1:8). This is the knowledge that I'm talking about. It's that knowledge that changes your situation.
Let's read St Matthew's Gospel 20:1-3;
[1]For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
[2]And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
[3]And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle(Greek: argos:- unemployed, indolent, not doing anything) in the marketplace," That's my point. They were standing idle (argos), so, he asked them, hey! Come, how come you don't have a job? They said, "No man has hired us- no one has given us a job", he said, "alright" you go and work in my vineyard, I'll pay you thus and thus. That's the point! He says, "you'll not be argos in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, if these things be in you." You're not going to be standing idle not having a job to do, like those men. Glory to God!
If you're growing in the knowledge (epignosis:- full, exact knowledge) of God, you cannot be UNEMPLOYED and if you're EMPLOYED, you'll be FRUITFUL and PRODUCTIVE and not be unfruitful. Hallelujah!
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