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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One day, the Rapture will occur and with it, all believers and all worldly support will be withdrawn from the world.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.
