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#RiversOfREVELATION
SALVATION: A RELATIONSHIP!!!
(Understanding & Appreciating INTIMACY With The FATHER)
📖Make 6:53-56
📜Mark 6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they KNEW him
📚 The word "KNOW" can mean many things from as little as "to perceive with the senses or the mind" to a much deeper meaning of "a thorough experience with."
This KNOWING, then (which is the focus of our discussion), is not just intellectual, but a PERSONAL, INTIMATE UNDERSTANDING.
JESUS defines eternal life as KNOWING God the Father and Jesus Christ.👇
📖John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
📜AMP: And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
ETERNAL LIFE is having an intimate, personal relationship with God the Father and Jesus the Son.
📖1 Corinthians 1:9
AMP: God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into COMPANIONSHIP and PARTICIPATION with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
📖1 John 1:3
AMP: What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] FELLOWSHIP that we have [which is A DISTINGUISHING MARK OF CHRISTIANS] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
This INTIMACY with God is what SALVATION is all about. Forgiveness of our sins is NOT the point of salvation. This INTIMACY WITH THE FATHER is.
Of course, JESUS did die to purchase forgiveness for our sins because unforgiven sins block us from intimacy with God. Sin was an obstacle that stood between God and us (📖Isaiah 59:1-2). It had to be dealt, with and it was. And glory to God, JESUS took care of it.
📖John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which TAKETH AWAY the SIN of the world.
📖1 John 2:2 And He (JESUS CHRIST) is the PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
But anyone who views SALVATION as only forgiveness of sins and stops there is missing out on eternal life.
SALVATION was intended to be presented as THE WAY TO COME BACK INTO HARMONY WITH GOD. Instead, it has often been presented as the way to escape the problems of this life and later the judgment of hell. In as much as that may be INCLUSIVE, yet, it is not CONCLUSIVE!
It is possible to get "born again" with that KIND OF THINKING, but more often than not, people who get saved through that TYPE OF MINISTRY view the LORD JESUS CHRIST as SOMEONE TO HELP them through times of crisis and not SOMEONE TO KNOW in an intimate way.
JESUS died for us out of love (📖John 3:16) - A LOVE THAT LONGED to have intimate communion with man.
Most NON-BELIEVERS are so occupied with their "hell on earth" that they don't really think or care about their eternal future.
They are FED UP WITH RELIGION. They are looking for something that will fill the EMPTINESS INSIDE.
Only an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP (eternal life) with our FATHER can do that.
👉 We NEED to TELL them. 🔊 🎤
We are saved to save others.
We are commissioned to tell the untold
We are commanded to reach the unreached!
📖Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, GO ye into all the world, and PREACH THE GOSPEL to every creature.
📖2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath GIVEN to us the MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION; 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath COMMITTED unto us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION.
It's both my desire and prayer for you that you:
📖2 Timothy 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
✍🏻From: ♻#TheAUTHORITY🌀
👑 Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS #BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
#RiversOfREVELATION
SALVATION: A RELATIONSHIP!!!
(Understanding & Appreciating INTIMACY With The FATHER)
📖Make 6:53-56
📜Mark 6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they KNEW him
📚 The word "KNOW" can mean many things from as little as "to perceive with the senses or the mind" to a much deeper meaning of "a thorough experience with."
This KNOWING, then (which is the focus of our discussion), is not just intellectual, but a PERSONAL, INTIMATE UNDERSTANDING.
JESUS defines eternal life as KNOWING God the Father and Jesus Christ.👇
📖John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
📜AMP: And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
ETERNAL LIFE is having an intimate, personal relationship with God the Father and Jesus the Son.
📖1 Corinthians 1:9
AMP: God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into COMPANIONSHIP and PARTICIPATION with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
📖1 John 1:3
AMP: What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] FELLOWSHIP that we have [which is A DISTINGUISHING MARK OF CHRISTIANS] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
This INTIMACY with God is what SALVATION is all about. Forgiveness of our sins is NOT the point of salvation. This INTIMACY WITH THE FATHER is.
Of course, JESUS did die to purchase forgiveness for our sins because unforgiven sins block us from intimacy with God. Sin was an obstacle that stood between God and us (📖Isaiah 59:1-2). It had to be dealt, with and it was. And glory to God, JESUS took care of it.
📖John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which TAKETH AWAY the SIN of the world.
📖1 John 2:2 And He (JESUS CHRIST) is the PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
But anyone who views SALVATION as only forgiveness of sins and stops there is missing out on eternal life.
SALVATION was intended to be presented as THE WAY TO COME BACK INTO HARMONY WITH GOD. Instead, it has often been presented as the way to escape the problems of this life and later the judgment of hell. In as much as that may be INCLUSIVE, yet, it is not CONCLUSIVE!
It is possible to get "born again" with that KIND OF THINKING, but more often than not, people who get saved through that TYPE OF MINISTRY view the LORD JESUS CHRIST as SOMEONE TO HELP them through times of crisis and not SOMEONE TO KNOW in an intimate way.
JESUS died for us out of love (📖John 3:16) - A LOVE THAT LONGED to have intimate communion with man.
Most NON-BELIEVERS are so occupied with their "hell on earth" that they don't really think or care about their eternal future.
They are FED UP WITH RELIGION. They are looking for something that will fill the EMPTINESS INSIDE.
Only an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP (eternal life) with our FATHER can do that.
👉 We NEED to TELL them. 🔊 🎤
We are saved to save others.
We are commissioned to tell the untold
We are commanded to reach the unreached!
📖Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, GO ye into all the world, and PREACH THE GOSPEL to every creature.
📖2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath GIVEN to us the MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION; 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath COMMITTED unto us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION.
It's both my desire and prayer for you that you:
📖2 Timothy 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
✍🏻From: ♻#TheAUTHORITY🌀
👑 Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
#TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS #BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
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