Sunday, September 27, 2009

GOD SAVES

Unless  God intervenes in my life and allows me to be apprehended by the anointing (Christ), I will never come to the Lord. Without  God's intervention in my life it is impossible to be saved (made whole).

  GOD please intervene in my life!! please apprehend me by the anointing of Christ, please save and heal me !
Roman Chapter eight, we clearly see that it is  God who starts the process and does what is needed to bring salvation to completion. It is all  God, from start to finish! Man’s most difficult labor is ceasing from his labor and receiving unmerited favor. The Scriptures boldly declare that one is saved by "grace through faith." Jesus Christ,is the "author and finisher" of our faith. Even faith is a gift which we cannot receive apart from God giving it. We are quite incapable of coming to  God apart from this faith. Once this faith is received, it is Jesus Christ,who finishes the work in us, not ourselves, lest we boast! It is not our faith that saves us, it is the faith of Jesus Christ,which we receive as an unmerited gift that saves us, not our faith in Him.
We   see that the substitution of the little word "of" for the word "in" can change the very foundation of Christianity itself! Let us first compare the KJV with the NKJV. Then we will see if we can determine which rendering is the correct one.

"…A man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. (Gal. 2:16, NKJV) "But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe." (Gal. 3:22, NKJV) "That I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith…" (Phil. 3:9)
The original 1611 King James reads:


"…A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the law shall no flesh be justified." (Gal. 2:16, KJV) "But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. (Gal. 3:22, KJV) "And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:" (Phil. 3:9, KJV)

If a person "decided" to put their faith in Christ  and as a result receive righteousness, then the first step was taken by man and not   God. A person who has made a "decision" for God can have a right to boast in their decision. They can pat themselves on the back, so to speak, that they were smart enough to give their life to God. Evangelists often count how many "decisions" for Christ they were able to secure during their services so they can say they were successful. But we know better.It is of  GOD, always has been, always will be.
There are two pillar laws of the New Covenant  which is, 1) the Faith of and 2)the  Love of ,Jesus Christ. The Law of the Life in Christ Jesus excludes any system devised by humankind, including much of christendom, from providing the quality of life which the Creator of the universe purposed for mankind. The way to this Life and the Life itself resides in a person, Jesus (Yahshua, Yah saves, Yahdelivers). It is through the person of Jesus that mankind will ultimately be restored to fellowship with our Maker, our Father, and Creator of all things. Jesus Christ is the end to all of man’s attempts to glorify himself. Our Father’s desire has always been for mankind to have an intimate relationship with Him and to reconcile human beings with each other. Systems of religion, including even those that may use His name, will never be able to accomplish this. Ultimately, every religion, including the denominations of Christianity, will be destroyed and be replaced with the True Faith and Love of the Anointed One. Abundant Life is found only in the person of the Son of the Living God, Jesus the Christ. AMEN

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