OUR HEAVENLY FATHER'S PERFECT PLAN. PERIOD.
IF
YOU ARE A MINISTER OR MEMBER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND NOT BRINGING HIS CHOSEN
CHURCH TOGETHER IN UNITY AND EQUALITY, YOU ARE NOT DOING GOD'S PERFECT WILL.
PERIOD.
Our
Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesians stresses the inter-personal unity and
equality of all who are united to Jesus Christ by faith.
In
Ephesians, Paul's our Apostle teaching on this interpersonal unity and equality
focuses only on the unity and equality between Jew and Gentile. In other
letters, he extends his description of this Gospel impact to embrace slave and
free, male and female, Greeks, barbarians, and Scythians [Galatians 3:28,
Colossians 3:11]. We are 'all one in Christ Jesus'.Period.
This
Unity and Equality are grounded on:
the
fact that salvation, and all the aspects and blessings of salvation, are 'in
Christ', totally dependent on him alone, and not in any way dependent on
individual, personal, human performance. [Ephesians 1:3]. This 'in Christ', 'in
him', foundation is stressed strongly right through the first three chapters of
Ephesians.
the fact that there is 'one head' over all who are saved, Jesus Christ [Ephesians 1:10].
the fact that all who are 'in Christ' were placed in that relationship by the same Holy Spirit, and indwelt by that same Spirit [Ephesians 1:13,14; 2:22].
the fact that there is 'one head' over all who are saved, Jesus Christ [Ephesians 1:10].
the fact that all who are 'in Christ' were placed in that relationship by the same Holy Spirit, and indwelt by that same Spirit [Ephesians 1:13,14; 2:22].
the
fact that our individual personal salvation was not achieved by our personal
power, but by the operation of the same mighty power of God that raised Christ
from the dead [Ephesians 1:18-2:6]
the
fact that salvation is by grace, not works [Ephesians 2:8]. Paul also defines
this grace based unity in Romans 3:22-24 - 'for there is no difference, for all
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his
grace ...'
the fact that we share a common God-given purpose - that both individually, through our personal lives, and together, in and through our existence as the church, God will be praised and glorified, firstly by our inclusion in salvation and secondly through our existence as his people [Ephesians 1:6,12,14; 2:10; 3:10,21].
the fact that we share a common God-given purpose - that both individually, through our personal lives, and together, in and through our existence as the church, God will be praised and glorified, firstly by our inclusion in salvation and secondly through our existence as his people [Ephesians 1:6,12,14; 2:10; 3:10,21].
the
fact that, through the death of Christ, the law has been abolished and destroyed
[Ephesians 2:14-18]. By this Paul does not infer that the law's moral standards
for human life have been abolished, but that, for those who are united to
Christ, the law as a means of determining personal acceptance or rejection in
the presence of God, has been been fulfilled and abolished by Christ our
substitute and mediator.
the
fact that we share a common access to God [Ephesians 2:18]
the fact that we are together being built into God's holy temple [2:21,22]
This unity, in which all who are in Christ share a common salvation, a common acceptance with God, is, and always was, God's eternal plan, purpose, and will of Jesus Christ [Ephesians 3:9].
the fact that we are together being built into God's holy temple [2:21,22]
This unity, in which all who are in Christ share a common salvation, a common acceptance with God, is, and always was, God's eternal plan, purpose, and will of Jesus Christ [Ephesians 3:9].
Blessing
& Building & Empowering Jesus Believers Worldwide
Your
Church & Nations Apostle/ Minister James Winfree Sr
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