When a young man wants to propose to a young lady, he might choose to package the engagement ring in a beautiful attractive and alluring box. The box, inspire of how beautiful it looks, is not the main gift, his target is to deliver the contents of the box to the lady he loves.
When burdened beyond measure, remember that there is a God who can raise the dead. Trust in God, depend on God, rely totally on Him. He is able and willing to deliver you from the worst of circumstances. He will restore, renew and strengthen you. He is the God who delivered us, delivers us and continues to deliver us.
equipped with all this information and knowledge, it is difficult to be downtrodden by principalities and powers, or by any other scheme of the evil one. do you know who you are?
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First Timothy chapter 6 is an admonition from Apostle Paul to shun ungodliness which is often expressed as strife, disputes, contentions, evil desires and pride. To rather pursue and embrace righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
Godliness with Contentment is great gain (1 Timothy 6:6).
Servants are to honor and respect their masters; whether believing or unbelieving. Teachers are to teach wholesome doctrines that are in accordance with godliness.
Verse 12 of 1 Timothy 12 is not just an admonition; it is a command. A command to fight the good fight of faith, laying hold on eternal life.
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”
I Timothy 6:12 NKJV
My interest is on ‘lay hold on eternal life’.
To ‘lay hold of’ means to clench, cling to, clutch, catch, grasp, seize, to take and hold something, to understand something.
Eternal life means everlasting life, never ending life, never perishing, life more abundantly, continuous life, endless life.
If you have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, you have eternal life (John 3:15-16). And the purpose of this life is to keep you in the covenant, in constant uninterrupted fellowship with God (1 John 1:1-3, John 6:54-58), to keep you safe from the Destroyer (John 10:28); safe to live and enjoy all that pertains to life and godliness available to you through Christ Jesus (2 Peter 1:3).
Ungodliness and evil desires are evil, and they emanate from the evil One whose sole agenda is to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10).
It is unlikely to be clinging, clenching, holding fast, grasping or holding firmly to eternal life (in fellowship and total surrender to God) and to still be drowned in strife, disputes, contentions, perdition, quarrels and all forms of ungodliness.
And because this life is endless and continuous, those who have it and remain fully plugged into it, can live perpetually in godliness and contentment, away from all expressions of evil.
It also is very unlikely that you’ll die before you are ready if you keep confessing and muttering “I have life and life more abundantly, God’s life, Zoe life, ….. the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the grave is in me and continually pumps life to every part of my body”.
“We have to fight to keep our faith. Try as hard as you can to win that fight. Take hold of eternal life. It is the life you were chosen to have when you confessed your faith in Jesus—that wonderful truth that you spoke so openly and that so many people heard.“
1 Timothy 6:12 ERV
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What Hebrews 12:1 is saying is this; if these men could achieve much in their time, never gave up their believe of the coming of the Messiah, then we who have witnessed the Messiah should do more. We should learn from their example and run our race of faith swiftly and purposefully. However, we will be unable to achieve what they achieved, with “weights” tagging along
What Hebrews 12:1 is saying is this; if these men could achieve much in their time, never gave up their believe of the coming of the Messiah, then we who have witnessed the Messiah should do more. We should learn from their example and run our race of faith swiftly and purposefully. However, we will be unable to achieve what they achieved, with “weights” tagging along
Because the Spirit of God is in us, the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, the Spirit of Eternal Life, this same Spirit GIVES LIFE to our mortal bodies. And “out of our bellies (spirit/heart) should continually flow RIVERS of Living Waters…Words of Life….inspired by the Spirit in Us. This way, our mortal bodies continue to live and enjoy a sweet supply of the life of God. Continually. Hallelujah
Because the Spirit of God is in us, the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, the Spirit of Eternal Life, this same Spirit GIVES LIFE to our mortal bodies. And “out of our bellies (spirit/heart) should continually flow RIVERS of Living Waters…Words of Life….inspired by the Spirit in Us. This way, our mortal bodies continue to live and enjoy a sweet supply of the life of God. Continually. Hallelujah
If I asked a group of persons, say in a Sunday School class; ‘What is God’s Greatest Gift to Mankind?, I am sure to get a myriad of answers.
Some would say ‘GRACE’ and that will not be entirely wrong- Ephesians 2:8, Ephesians 3:7, etc point to GRACE as the gift of God.
Some would quote any of the 7 gifts of the Spirit in Isaiah 11:1-2;
Some would say it is one of The God Appointed Gifts for the Church we see in 1 Corinthians 12: 28-
Everyone given any of these gifts is expected to minister them also to the Body of Christ……”As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” These gifts are GRACES.
Some would say the Holy Spirit– many scriptures talk about the Holy Spirit being a gift, I chose 2;
So many, majority would say, Jesus Christ. And that’s what I would have answered without blinking some moments ago……
But what really is the greatest gift of God? Did I hear you ask “Grace, are you saying it’s not Jesus Christ?’ Yes please! Jesus is Not God’s greatest Gift to mankind. Let’s look at some scriptures together……
Many times, I tend to adopt a question and answer approach to studying the Word of God. Helps me to cover a wider scope. So, we’ll provide answers to a series of questions in this study, actually about 7 questions. We start with question 1
Let’s start by looking at a few scriptures;
To continue with this study please see below a video on the topic. This was produced yesterday afternoon (Saturday). In the course of making this video, there was a heavy downpour accounting for the somehow noisy background towards the end of the video.
Please WATCH THE VIDEO….. ‘God’s Greatest Gift‘ ?. And find the notes here…
I am confident that you’ll be blessed by this. God bless.
Happy Sunday!
