The good pleasure of goodness is a blessing of God that motivates us to be useful and productive in things of eternal importance. We find spiritual meaning and purpose in our life in Messiah Jesus, doing what God motivates us to do. When God blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Messiah … [Read more…]
A quick, edifying spiritual tuneup is found in 1 Thessalonian 5 and contains 438 inspired, astute, words by Paul. He first exhorts us regarding the last day. Then, urges us live at peace with one another. He concludes with this blessing: “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit … [Read more…]
Being spiritually useful and productive glorifies the name of our Lord Jesus in us. Not only that, we are glorified in him. Paul actually prayed that for the Thessalonians and us. To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill … [Read more…]
Lukewarm Christians are in trouble with Messiah Jesus. Paul warned they would abound in the last days. 1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of … [Read more…]
We stand firm against the devil’s strategies in two complementary spiritual ways, growing up in Messiah and putting on the whole armor of God. Stand Firm: Growing up in Messiah In Ephesians chapter 4, Paul tells us how we grow up. As we grow up in Messiah, we are no longer taken in by the … [Read more…]
Good Works God prepared beforehand come supernaturally natural to God’s saints. Ephesians 1:1 Anytime we do anything motivated by God’s love, we are doing a good work. The good works in which God planned for us to live are prompted by the Holy Spirit and motivated by love. We feel the tug of divine love … [Read more…]
To walk worthy of God’s calling is a goal Paul taught and by God’s grace, he fulfilled and we fulfill. When we walk worthy in that mode, God fulfills every good pleasure of goodness and work of faith with power. In that, the name of our Lord Jesus is glorified in us and we are … [Read more…]
Our glow with the Spirit as we serve the Lord is the inner glow that reflects of the glory of God. Don’t be backward in zeal. Glow with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.” Romans 12:11 The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. And all of us, … [Read more…]
God’s spiritual light shines in us by His Holy Spirit and we are changed from glory to glory by the Lord’s Spirit. The glory of the old covenant was so bright that when Moses came down from the mountain, the people had him put a veil over his face. “However, their minds were hardened, for … [Read more…]
Grace and truth are relational. Grace and truth come from God our Father and His Son, our Savior, Lord and King, building us together in close relationships in Christ by the Holy Spirit. The grace of God “The higher Christian signification, based on the emphasis of freeness in the gift or favor, and, as commonly … [Read more…]