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12 That [hopos] the name [onoma] of our [hemon] Lord [kurios] Jesus [Iesous] Christ [Christos] may be glorified [edoxazo] in [en] you, [humin] and [kai] ye [humeis] in [en] him, [autos] according to [kata] the grace [charis] of our [hemon] God [theos] and [kai] the Lord [kurios] Jesus [Iesous] Christ. [Christos] KJV-Interlinear
12 in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. NASB
And all of this which we have been studying, all of your life, all of your existence, all of your future, all of your self-value and worth, all of your whole purpose for being, and so forth, result and are a direct result of Christ in you.
And that simply means, that Christ, represented by doctrine, is inside of you, only when you learn it. The Bible is the mind of Christ. You have to learn it in order to understand it.
And for those skeptics, the Bible is more than just the begats, the life of Moses, the baby Jesus, etc. Anyone can read the Bible, even Satan knows it better than you.
But, the Bible content does not come alive within you until your spiritual life becomes functional.
Functional simply means that you have to grow up. That requires study, learning, understanding, and most important, all of this while living your life within the fellowship sphere. Fellowship is the sphere you live within when you confess your sins to God the Father. We have an extensive study of this subject in 1, 2, and 3rd John.
And by the way, this is the single biggest reason why most folks’ spiritual life, is non-functional, and therefore why they do not get the answers they seek in life, because they approach their spiritual life incorrectly.
Anyway, back to the begats, etc. Reading the scriptures is not going to make you grow up. You have to study and learn while living within the fellowship sphere, and when you do so, then the Holy Spirit, who you cannot feel or detect, operates the miracle of spiritual growth for you, by metabolizing spiritual food into your soul, and building for you, your very own spiritual fortress, temple, power within you.
That is, Christ in you.
And as for you in Christ. Then your completed life is a result of His work in your life, and Christ is due the credit for it all.
And all of this, and much more, is due to the grace of God. Grace means favor. And there is no one better in existence than God, from whom you can receive the greatest favor around. But that favor comes only through Jesus Christ and through no other source. For Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship with God (the Father), through Christ. This is the single most important attribute of Christianity that sets it apart from all other beliefs – Jesus Christ. He is the path to the Almighty.
Mans ability, mans effort, mans seeking credit and an equality with God is a phony concept and is all rejected in Gods plan. Only the work of Christ is efficacious. Mans work is arrogance, delusional, and self destructive.
Gods plan for your life will succeed.
Mans plan will never succeed. Just look at human history and the many problems that have never been solved. Man cannot even prevent his own death. Man cannot prevent sin. And, one day, in the Tribulation to come, history will demonstrate that man cannot prevent his own demise.
And they will scoff, and they will laugh, and they will ridicule, but what things better do they have to offer?
