21/12/2021
THE SIGNATURE OF THE FATHER IS IN CHRIST!
2Tim.3:15-16 ‘And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.All scripture is given by inspiration of God,and is profitable for doctrine,for reproof,for correction,for instruction in righteousness:’The word ‘wise’ is from the Greek word ‘sophizō’, which originates from the word ‘sophia’ and it is translated as ‘skillful.’Accordingly,this portion of scripture can be interpreted to mean that,the scriptures are able to make one skillful.Skillful in what🤔?Skillful in the subject of salvation and salvation is faith in what Christ has done.All scripture is given by the inspiration of God.Originally interpreted as ‘divinely breathed by God’.If all scripture is inspired by God,why speak against ‘anointing oil’ or call oneself a ‘New Testament minister’?WHAT IS THE INSPIRATION THEN?👉Scripture here is from the Greek word ‘graphē’ which means ‘writing’.We can therefore interpret ‘All scripture is given by the inspiration of God’ to mean that,the inspiration for the documentation of scripture is God.That is to say,though God inspired the documentation,He is not behind all activities documented🔥.For instance,He is not behind Adam’s fall to temptation or the serpent deceiving Eve🤔.This is the reason scripture must be explained or rightly divide.The profitability of scripture will come from thorough teaching and explanation,which will then bring reproof.Reproof here means evidence,or conviction about the subject of salvation.In understanding salvation,one must understand that it is not a thing,but a person.A person you cannot lose.Once a person has believed in the Gospel,God has put His signature upon Him.You are in Christ after you believed and not after you started behaving well.Therefore salvation is a result of Christ in you,that is the Spirit of God in you.That same spirit in you is your guarantor and guarantee;or the collateral for your salvation.This is the guarantee that you are eternally saved.John 10:28-30 And I give unto them eternal life;and they shall never perish,neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.[29]My Father,which gave them me,is greater than all;and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.[30]I and my Father are one.The Spirit of God in you is the seal that guarantees you for rapture.Rapture is not a flight but a changing of your body:immortality swallowing up mortality.This is the reality of the believer in Christ,and what separates us from the unbelievers.If the unbeliever could access what we have then there would be no need for us to be born again,but the reason why we are saved is because we have rights and privileges exclusive to sons.Ephesians 1:1-3 PAUL,AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah),by the divine will (the purpose and the choice of God) to the saints (the consecrated,set-apart ones) at Ephesus who are also faithful and loyal and steadfast in Christ Jesus:[2]May grace (God's unmerited favor) and spiritual peace [which means peace with God and harmony, unity, and undisturbedness] be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.[3]May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!Unbelievers have no access to these blessings,for it is in the heavenly places.In Christ we have received the blessing that:We are chosen👉We are blameless before God in Christ Jesus,no spot,no wrinkle,no blemish,no scar or shame👉We are not an afterthought or mistake.He purposed to birth us as sons in Christ Jesus.Titus 1:1-2 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ,according to the faith of God's elect,and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;[2]In hope of eternal life,which God,that cannot lie,promised before the world began;For before the world began,it was God’s plan that you would be a son in Christ.The death of Jesus was not an afterthought or emergency plan,No, it was THE REAL PLAN.The plan was for Jesus to mass produce Himself and for that to happen,he had to die that we would become sons through His resurrection.BE BLESSED FOREVERMORE